Metabolic activity in bone metastases of breast and prostate cancer were similar as studied by 18F-FDG PET/CT. The role of 99mTc-MDP.

CONCLUSION: No significant correlation was noticed in the metabolic activity-glucose utilization of metastatic bone foci between breast and prostate cancer cases. This observation validates the independent value of analyzed diagnostic methods and suggests negligible influence of glucose utilization in bone re-modeling in the above metastatic cancer cells. The 18F-FDG PET/CT bone scan was much better in diagnosing metastases compared to the 99mTc-MDP scan. PMID: 29177262 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research