THE ROLE OF 18F-FDG PET-CT IN DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OF PROGNOSIS IN MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA

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Simsek D., Kuyumcu S., Sanli Y., Ozkan Z. G., Ozkan B., Turkmen C., ...More

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.82, no.4, pp.168-173, 2019 (ESCI)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 82 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2019
• Doi Number: 10.26650/iuitfd.2019.0019
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
• Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.168-173
• Keywords: Mesothelioma, PET/CT, FDG, EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS, FDG PET, SURVIVAL
• Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign pleural disease as well as its prognostic value in the malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).