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Evaluation of soft-tissue lesions with (18)F-FDG PET/CT: initial results of a prospective trial.
Nucl Med Commun
March 2014
aDepartment of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine Departments of bRadiology cOrthopedics dPathology, Campinas State University (UNICAMP) eNuclear Medicine of Campinas (MN&D) fCampinas Radiology Clinic (RCC), Campinas, Brazil.
Purpose Of The Report: Although MRI is utilized for planning the resection of soft-tissue tumors, it is not always capable of differentiating benign from malignant lesions. The risk of local recurrence of soft-tissue sarcomas is increased when biopsies are performed before resection and by inadequate resections. PET associated with computed tomography using fluorodeoxyglucose labeled with fluorine-18 ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) may help differentiate between benign and malignant tumors, thus avoiding inadequate resections and making prior biopsies unnecessary.
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