Sentence examples for bed uptake from inspiring English sources
The National Compehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend use of 30 to 100 mCi radioiodine in cases of papillary, follicular or Hϋrthle cell carcinoma ≥1 cm in diameter, with nodal or distant metastases, or with aggressive histology when there is suspected or proven thyroid bed uptake in total body radioiodine scan after thyroidectomy [16].
Patients with significant thyroid bed uptake, RAIU > 0.2% and stimulated Tg > 10 ng/mL constitute Gr-2 and were treated with 1110 MBq of I.
In the first study, 33 patients had either thyroid bed uptake (n=19) or metastatic iodine-avid tissue (n=14) on the most recent withdrawal scan.
Using a threshold of 3 pg Tg Eq μg−1 thyroid RNA for the detection of Tg-mRNA, analysis was positive in 38% of patients with a negative follow-up scintigram, 75% of patients with thyroid bed uptake, 84% of patients with cervical/regional disease and 94% of patients with distant metastases.
Abnormal PET/CT findings in the surgical bed with FDG uptake 3 months after surgery are suspicious of recurrence [50].
The differences in acquisition protocol, i.e., acquisition time per bed position and uptake period, will lead to differences in the observed signal-to-noise ratios, and TBR and SUV measurements [ 16, 30].
Uptake of 99mTc sestamibi in tumors is primarily dependent on blood flow to the tumor bed and on increased uptake in the mitochondria of the tumor cells [31].
Thirty of 49 patients with PSMA-positive disease had no evidence of recurrent cancer in the prostatic bed, but had PSMA uptake elsewhere.
The ibuprofen removal was mainly attributed to microbial degradation by the fixed bed biofilm, but plant uptake and degradation within plant tissues also occurred.
Open image in new window Fig. 8 Effect of bed height on the uptake of a Cd II) and b Zn II) using SF at flow rate 1.0 mL min−1.
Cliff et al. (2010), for example, show how disparate interests and ideas slowed the uptake of bed nets in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
