Increased evidence for the prognostic value of FDG uptake on late-treatment PET in non-tumour-affected oesophagus in irradiated patients with oesophageal carcinoma.
Yimin LiFrank HofheinzChristian FurthChen LiliWu HuaPirus GhadjarSebastian ZschaeckPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2018)
NTO-related tracer uptake during the course of treatment in patients with oesophageal carcinoma was shown to be of high prognostic relevance. Thus, metabolically activity of NTO measured in terms of ∆SUVmax NTO is a potential candidate for future treatment individualization (i.e. organ preservation).