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SUBMITTER: Martin-Gonzalez P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7704000 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martin-Gonzalez Paula P de Mariscal Estibaliz Gomez EG Martino M Elena ME Gordaliza Pedro M PM Peligros Isabel I Carreras Jose Luis JL Calvo Felipe A FA Pascau Javier J Desco Manuel M Muñoz-Barrutia Arrate A
PloS one 20201130 11
<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Few tools are available to predict tumor response to treatment. This retrospective study assesses visual and automatic heterogeneity from 18F-FDG PET images as predictors of response in locally advanced rectal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>This study included 37 LARC patients who underwent an 18F-FDG PET before their neoadjuvant therapy. One expert segmented the tumor from the PET images. Blinded to the patient´s outcome, two experts established by consensus a visual scor ...[more]