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68Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT demonstrating higher CXCR4 density in small cell lung carcinoma than in non-small cell variant

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    Ankit Watts, Baljinder Singh, Rajender Basher, Harmandeep Singh, Amanjit Bal, Rakesh Kapoor, Sunil K. Arora, Hans J. Wester, B. R. Mittal & D. Behera

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Watts, A., Singh, B., Basher, R. et al. 68Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT demonstrating higher CXCR4 density in small cell lung carcinoma than in non-small cell variant. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 44, 909–910 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-017-3622-7

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