Does blood glucose level normalization and accurate timing improve the accuracy of PET-based treatment response predictions in rectal cancer?
This study strongly underlines the necessity of BGL-normalization of PET-data and a precise time-management between FDG injection and the start of PET acquisition when using sequential FDG-PET-CT imaging for the prediction of pathological treatment response.
Nutritional aspects might partially explain differences regarding bone mass in adolescent cyclists and should be taken into account in bone mass analysis as important confounders.