Adding Maximum Standard Uptake Value of Primary Lesion and Lymph Nodes in ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET Helps Predict Distant Metastasis in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

• Qi Shi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Shi, Zhongyi Yang

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Zhongyi Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Shi, 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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• Yingjian Zhang ,

  * E-mail: profzhangyj@163.com (YZ); hucsu62@yahoo.com (CH)

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

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• Chaosu Hu

  * E-mail: profzhangyj@163.com (YZ); hucsu62@yahoo.com (CH)

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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