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Response to the Letter to the Editor Regarding the Manuscript Entitled “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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We would like to thank Dr. Chalkidou et al. for their comments.

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Blvd., , PO Box 8223, , Saint Louis, MO, 63105, USA

    Farrokh Dehdashti & Barry A. Siegel

  2. Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Farrokh Dehdashti, Perry W. Grigsby & Barry A. Siegel

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Perry W. Grigsby

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Dehdashti, F., Grigsby, P.W. & Siegel, B.A. Response to the Letter to the Editor Regarding the Manuscript Entitled “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, 786–787 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-013-0663-6

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