Incorporation of circulating tumor cells and whole-body metabolic tumor volume of 18F-FDG PET/CT imp

• 作 者: Lei Fu Ying Zhu Wang Jing Dong
• 机 构: DepartmentofClinicalMedicine,DepartmentofRadiationOncology,ShandongAcademyofMedicalSciences
• 出 处: 中国癌症研究:英文版
• 发表日期: 2018年6期
• 关键词: Small-cell lung cancer CIRCULATING TUMOR cell PET-CT WHOLE-BODY METABOLIC TUMOR
• 基金项目: supported by a grant from the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China(No.201402011).

Objective:We investigated the correlation between the number of circulating tumor cells(CTCs) and wholebody metabolic tumor volume(WBMTV) measured by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography(PET/CT).The aim was to eval