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PET/CT vs CT in Adrenocortical Carcinoma

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The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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February 1, 2006
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In an article e-published on December 20 ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leboulleux et al. from the Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif, France) reported on a study comparing PET/CT and CT in diagnosis and prognosis of adrenocortical carcinoma. The study included 28 patients with adrenocortical cancer. Each underwent ^sup 18^F-FDG PET and thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT (TAPCT) imaging. A gold standard of progression on follow-up TAP-CT or as identified at pathology revealed a total of 269 lesions in 57 organs in 22 patients. The sensitivities for the detection of lesions and identification of metastatic organs were ...

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