The usefulness of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography as a preoperative diagnostic tool for thymic epithelial tumors

The usefulness of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography as a preoperative diagnostic tool for thymic epithelial tumors - The usefulness of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography for thymic epithelial tumors

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000040365

Enrollment

Registered

2020-05-15

Start date

2019-10-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Thymic epithelial tumors

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with TETs diagnosed and performed 18F-FDG PET from 2005 to 2018 at Toyota Memorial Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The usefulness of 18F-fluorodeoxy glucose-positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) for predicting the malignant grade in TETs.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The assessment of correlation between the SUVmax and TETs sizes.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTsutomu Tatematsu

Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery

t_standing_2106@yahoo.co.jp0528538231

Outcome results