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Positron emission tomography in oncology: a review.

Wood KA, Hoskin PJ, Saunders MI

Marie Curie Research Wing, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, UK. drkatiewood@yahoo.co.uk

Positron emission tomography is an evolving imaging tool that is becoming increasingly available for use in clinical practice. This overview will look at the current evidence for the use of positron emission tomography in imaging different tumour types and the different radiotracers that are either available or being evaluated in an investigational setting.

Published 16 April 2007 in Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 19(4): 237-55.
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