Can Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Be Used As a Useful Method to Evaluate the Treatment Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy Combined With Sorafenib and Anti-VEGF in Children Diagnosed With Metastatical Bone Sarcoma?


Creative Commons License

TAÇYILDIZ N., Tanyildiz H. G., Dincaslan H. U., Yavuz G., ÜNAL E., ÖZKAN E., ...More

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.26, no.2, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5812/ijp.4008
  • Journal Name: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Bone Tumors, Sorafenib, Anti-VEGF, PET, REFRACTORY SOLID TUMORS, PHASE-I TRIAL, ONCOLOGY GROUP, MURAMYL TRIPEPTIDE, PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS, EWING SARCOMA, F-18-FDG PET, OSTEOSARCOMA, DIFFERENTIATION, TEMOZOLOMIDE
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: The prognosis is still poor for patients with a metastatic bone tumor and new treatment approaches (anti-VEGF and tyrosine kinase inhibitors vs) are therefore needed.