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SUBMITTER: Pandit-Taskar N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549432 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seminars in hematology 20180101 1
Imaging plays a key role in assessment of myeloma. Osteolytic bone lesions are optimally assessed using structural imaging, however the structural changes lag the functional changes in the disease. Functional imaging with fluoro deoxy glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) computerized tomography (CT) is useful in assessment of high-risk myeloma. FDG PET provides prognostic information and is helpful in monitoring response to therapy. However, it is nonspecific and may not be optimal i ...[more]