Utility of 18F-FDG PET with a Semi-Quantitative Index in the Detection of Sarcomatous Transformation in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Patrick Combemale; Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore; Francesco Giammarile; Stephane Pinson; Bernard Guillot; Denis Mariano Goulart; Pierre Wolkenstein; Jean Yves Blay; Thomas Mognetti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085954

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Utility of 18F-FDG PET with a Semi-Quantitative Index in the Detection of Sarcomatous Transformation in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Patrick Combemale ,

* E-mail: patrick.combemale@lyon.unicancer.fr

Affiliation Rhône-Alpes multidisciplinary Center for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis type 1, Léon Bérard Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore,

Affiliation National reference center for neurofibromatosis type 1, Department of Dermatology, Henri Mondor Hospital, UPEC, Créteil, France
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Francesco Giammarile,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Léon Bérard Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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Stephane Pinson,

Affiliation Rhône-Alpes multidisciplinary Center for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis type 1, Léon Bérard Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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Bernard Guillot,

Affiliation Languedoc multidisciplinary Center for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis type 1, Saint Eloi University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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Denis Mariano Goulart,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saint Eloi University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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Pierre Wolkenstein,

Affiliation National reference center for neurofibromatosis type 1, Department of Dermatology, Henri Mondor Hospital, UPEC, Créteil, France
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Jean Yves Blay,

Affiliations Rhône-Alpes multidisciplinary Center for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis type 1, Léon Bérard Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lyon, France, National reference center for sarcoma, Léon Bérard Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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Thomas Mognetti

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Léon Bérard Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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Utility of 18F-FDG PET with a Semi-Quantitative Index in the Detection of Sarcomatous Transformation in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Patrick Combemale,
Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore,
Francesco Giammarile,
Stephane Pinson,
Bernard Guillot,
Denis Mariano Goulart,
Pierre Wolkenstein,
Jean Yves Blay,
Thomas Mognetti

Published: February 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085954

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