Biological significance of fluorine-18-α-methyltyrosine (FAMT) uptake on PET in patients with oesophageal cancer.

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Published in Br J Cancer on March 25, 2014

Authors

S Suzuki1, K Kaira2, Y Ohshima3, N S Ishioka3, M Sohda1, T Yokobori1, T Miyazaki1, N Oriuchi4, H Tominaga5, Y Kanai6, N Tsukamoto7, T Asao8, Y Tsushima4, T Higuchi4, T Oyama9, H Kuwano1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
2: 1] Department of Oncology Clinical Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan [2] Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
3: Medical Radioisotope Application Group, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Gunma 370-1207, Japan.
4: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
5: Department of Molecular Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
6: Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka 595-0871, Japan.
7: Oncology Center, Gunma University Hospital, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
8: Department of Oncology Clinical Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
9: Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.

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