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Letter to the Editor re: Positron Emission Tomography with [18F]-3′-Deoxy-3′fluorothymidine (FLT) as a Predictor of Outcome in Patients with Locally Advanced Resectable Rectal Cancer: a Pilot Study

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  1. Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas Hospital, Kings College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    A. Chalkidou

  2. Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Thomas Hospital, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Ground Floor, Lambeth Wing, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    G. Mikhaeel

  3. Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, Lower Ground Floor, Lambeth Wing, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    M. J. O’Doherty & P. K. Marsden

  4. PET Imaging Centre, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Ground Floor, Lambeth Wing, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    M. J. O’Doherty & P. K. Marsden

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Chalkidou, A., Mikhaeel, G., O’Doherty, M.J. et al. Letter to the Editor re: Positron Emission Tomography with [18F]-3′-Deoxy-3′fluorothymidine (FLT) as a Predictor of Outcome in Patients with Locally Advanced Resectable Rectal Cancer: a Pilot Study. Mol Imaging Biol 15, 521–522 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-013-0628-9

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