Clinical Trial Research

Reports outline clinical trial research study findings from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 26th, 2010

According to a study from the United States, "F-18-FDG PET is often used to monitor tumor response in multicenter oncology clinical trials. This study assessed the repeatability of several semiquantitative standardized uptake values (mean SUV [SUVmean], maximum SUV [SUVmax], peak SUV [SUVpeak], and the 3-dimensional isocontour at 70% of the maximum pixel value [SUV70%]) as measured by repeated baseline F-18-FDG PET studies in a multicenter phase I oncology trial."

"Double-baseline F-18-FDG PET studies were acquired for 62 sequentially enrolled patients. Tumor metabolic activity was assessed by SUVmean, SUVmax, SUVpeak, and SUV70%. The effect on SUV repeatability of...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-01-26)

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