F-18-Dopa PET/CT is more sensitive than whole body MRI for the localization of persistent/recurrent disease of medullary thyroid cancer patients.
Conclusions: In MTC patients with increased Ctn and no known distant metastases, F-18-Dopa PET/CT is more sensitive to detect structural disease than any other imaging modality, including WB MRI.
PMID: 31530235 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research
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