The impact of FAP imaging in lung cancer and beyond: a new chapter.

Eur Radiol

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany, Moorenstrasse 5.

Published: March 2024

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