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FDG PET/CT for monitoring response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Katharina Dalus, Gundula Rendl, Lukas Rettenbacher & Christian Pirich

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Dalus, K., Rendl, G., Rettenbacher, L. et al. FDG PET/CT for monitoring response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37, 1992–1993 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1585-z

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