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SUBMITTER: Chon HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314995 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association 20180609 1
<h4>Background</h4>The prognostic impact of preoperative <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) remains a matter of debate. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic impact of SUV<sub>max</sub> in preoperative <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT of AGC according to histologic subtype, with a focus on the differences between tubular adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell (SRC) carcinoma.<h4>Methods</h4>As a discovery set, a total of 727 AGC patients from prospective database were analyzed ...[more]