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Tumor markers and (18)FDG-PET could detect tumor recurrences

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 16th, 2006

Tumor markers and (18)fluoro-desoxyglucose [(18)FDG-PET] could be used to detect tumor recurrences during follow-up of cancer patients.

According to recent research from France, "One of the major indications of tumor markers it the detection of occult disease. Less than 20% of tumor markers elevations are associated with clinical or radiological findings."

"Such elevations have led medical community to doubt about the interest of markers follow-up, such as CA 15.3 in breast cancer. Now, positron emission tomography with (18)FDG-PET, using metabolic properties of malignant cells, is able to visualize tumor recurrences at an early stage of development,...

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