Carbon-11-methionine positron emission tomography imaging of chordoma.

Hong Zhang,Kyosan Yoshikawa,Katsumi Tamura,Kenji Sagou,Mei Tian,Tetsuya Suhara,Susumu Kandatsu,Kazutoshi Suzuki,Shuji Tanada,Hirohiko Tsujii

Carbon-11-methionine positron emission tomography imaging of chordoma.

2004

Hong Zhang
Kyosan Yoshikawa
Katsumi Tamura
Kenji Sagou
Mei Tian
Tetsuya Suhara
Susumu Kandatsu
Kazutoshi Suzuki
Shuji Tanada
Hirohiko Tsujii

Objective Chordoma is a rare malignant bone tumor that arises from notochord remnants. This is the first trial to investigate the utility of 11C-methionine (MET) positron emission tomography (PET) in the imaging of chordoma before and after carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT).

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Radiology
Malignant bone tumor
Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
Positron emission tomography
Radiation therapy
Chordoma
Carbon-11 methionine
Nuclear medicine
Medicine
Positron
11c methionine

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