Title: Cancer Drug Development Using Glucose Metabolism Radiopharmaceuticals
Volume: 15
Issue: 9
Author(s): Y. Y. Sun and Y. Chen
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Keywords:
18F-FDG, positron emission tomography, SPECT, imaging, radiopharmaceutical, 9mTc, 188Re
Abstract: Imaging of glucose metabolism has resulted in significant improvements in staging and follow-up in oncology. 18F-FDG PET has become a routine clinical test for most solid tumours. Several radionuclide-labeled derivatives of deoxyglucose that have shown that glucose metabolic imaging may be a useful tool for improving tumour staging, restaging, and monitoring of tumour response to therapy.