Body Mass Index with Tumor 18F-FDG Uptake Improves Risk Stratification in Patients with Breast Cancer

Seung Hyup Hyun; Hee Kyung Ahn; Joo Hee Lee; Joon Young Choi; Byung-Tae Kim; Yeon Hee Park; Young-Hyuck Im; Jeong Eon Lee; Seok Jin Nam; Kyung-Han Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165814

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Body Mass Index with Tumor ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake Improves Risk Stratification in Patients with Breast Cancer

Seung Hyup Hyun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Seung Hyup Hyun, Hee Kyung Ahn

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hee Kyung Ahn ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Seung Hyup Hyun, Hee Kyung Ahn

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Joo Hee Lee,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Joon Young Choi,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Byung-Tae Kim,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yeon Hee Park,

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Young-Hyuck Im,

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jeong Eon Lee,

Affiliation Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Seok Jin Nam,

Affiliation Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kyung-Han Lee

* E-mail: khnm.lee@samsung.com

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Body Mass Index with Tumor ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake Improves Risk Stratification in Patients with Breast Cancer

Seung Hyup Hyun,
Hee Kyung Ahn,
Joo Hee Lee,
Joon Young Choi,
Byung-Tae Kim,
Yeon Hee Park,
Young-Hyuck Im,
Jeong Eon Lee,
Seok Jin Nam,
Kyung-Han Lee

Published: October 31, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165814

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