Can Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography with the Dual Tracers Fluorine-18 Fluoroestradiol and Fluorodeoxyglucose Predict Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response of Breast Cancer? ----A Pilot Study

Zhongyi Yang; Yifei Sun; Jing Xue; Zhifeng Yao; Junyan Xu; Jingyi Cheng; Wei Shi; Beiling Zhu; Yongping Zhang; Yingjian Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078192

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Can Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography with the Dual Tracers Fluorine-18 Fluoroestradiol and Fluorodeoxyglucose Predict Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response of Breast Cancer? ----A Pilot Study

Zhongyi Yang,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yifei Sun,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jing Xue,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Zhifeng Yao,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Junyan Xu,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jingyi Cheng,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Wei Shi,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Beiling Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yongping Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yingjian Zhang

* E-mail: profzhangyj@163.com

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Can Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography with the Dual Tracers Fluorine-18 Fluoroestradiol and Fluorodeoxyglucose Predict Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response of Breast Cancer? ----A Pilot Study

Zhongyi Yang,
Yifei Sun,
Jing Xue,
Zhifeng Yao,
Junyan Xu,
Jingyi Cheng,
Wei Shi,
Beiling Zhu,
Yongping Zhang,
Yingjian Zhang

Published: October 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078192

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