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¹⁸F-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the evaluation of gastrointestinal malignancies

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Baltimore, USA

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Dr B Chin, Duke University School of Medicine, PO Box 3949, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710;
chin0004{at}mc.duke.edu

Positron emission tomography with ¹⁸F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose is an imaging technology that is demonstrating increasing utility in the evaluation of gastrointestinal malignancies.

Keywords: positron emission tomography; ¹⁸F-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose

Abbreviations: PET, positron emission tomography; FDG, ¹⁸F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose; CT, computed tomography; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen

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