Correlation of intra-tumour heterogeneity on 18F-FDG PET with pathologic features in non-small cell lung cancer: a feasibility study.

van Baardwijk, Angela; Bosmans, Geert; van Suylen, Robert Jan; van Kroonenburgh, Marinus; Hochstenbag, Monique; Geskes, Gijs; Lambin, Philippe; De Ruysscher, Dirk · Radiother Oncol · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We evaluated the feasibility to correlate intra-tumour heterogeneity as visualized on 18F-FDG PET with histology for NSCLC. For this purpose we used an ex-vivo model. The procedure was feasible in all operated patients. We have shown that this method is suitable for correlating intra-tumour heterogeneity in tracer uptake with histology.

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