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Xuezhu Wang1, Jingnan Wang1, Xu Yang2
1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine.
This study highlights increased thyroid activity on PET/CT scans after pembrolizumab therapy, revealing papillary thyroid cancer and thyroiditis. This finding is crucial for understanding treatment effects in oncology patients.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Endocrinology
Background:
- Sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma is a rare and aggressive liver cancer.
- FDG PET/CT is a valuable imaging modality for cancer staging and monitoring.
- Anti-PD-1 therapies like pembrolizumab can modulate immune responses, potentially affecting tumor and non-tumor tissues.
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