Neuro-Oncology and Positron Emission Tomography: "Just Can't Get Enough"

Barbara Muoio¹, Vittoria Espeli¹, Giorgio Treglia^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Medical Oncology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
² Division of Nuclear Medicine, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
³ Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
⁴ Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Editorial

Barbara Muoio et al. Cancers (Basel). 2023.

. 2023 Sep 27;15(19):4739.

doi: 10.3390/cancers15194739.

Barbara Muoio¹, Vittoria Espeli¹, Giorgio Treglia^{2

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4}

¹ Division of Medical Oncology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
² Division of Nuclear Medicine, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
³ Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
⁴ Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

Imaging has a pivotal role in neuro-oncology for the management of primary and secondary brain tumors [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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