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Title
Hypoxia positron emission tomography imaging with 18f-fluoromisonidazole.
Publication Date
2007-11-01
Author(s)
Lee, Sze Ting
Scott, Andrew M
Type of document
Journal Article
DOI
10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.07.001
Abstract
The importance of hypoxia in disease pathogenesis and prognosis is gathering increasing clinical significance and having a greater impact on patient management and outcome. Previous efforts to evaluate hypoxia have included the invasive assessment of hypoxia with immunohistologic and histographic oxygen probes. The emergence of new radiotracers has allowed noninvasive assessment of hypoxia, with the most extensively investigated and validated positron emission tomography radiotracer of hypoxia to date being (18)F-fluoromisonodazole ((18)F-FMISO). This review discusses the relevance and biology of hypoxia in cells and organ systems, and reviews the laboratory and clinical applications of (18)F-FMISO in oncology and noncancer disease states.
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Citation
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine; 37(6): 451-61
Jornal Title
Seminars in nuclear medicine

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