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Adenoid Cystic Cancer
Research reports on adenoid cystic cancer from Keio University provide new insights
October 21st, 2008
According to recent research from Tokyo, Japan, "A patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the skull base was treated with radiotherapy because of perineural tumor invasion (PTI). Treatment evaluation using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed disease progression of PTI outside the irradiated area, whereas it was difficult to evaluate the therapeutic effect of radiotherapy because the irradiated lesions still had contrast enhancement." "Thallium-201 SPECT/CT image fusion was performed to evaluate tumor extent and viability after therapy. During the follow-up period, disease progression was noted in the areas of abnormal uptake on the thallium-201 SPECT/CT fusion...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-21)
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