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Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Visualization in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Published on: June 9, 2023
Investigation of thyroid, head, and neck cancers with PET
Hongming Zhuang1, Rakesh Kumar, Susan Mandel
1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 110 Donner Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Abstract:
PET with [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been accepted as a useful imaging modality for the diagnosis of a variety of malignancies. This article discusses the use of FDG-PET in the management of patients with thyroid and head or neck cancers.
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