Does positron emission tomography using 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose improve clinical staging of testicular cancer?
FDG PET has the potential to improve clinical staging of testicular cancer. However, PET, as well as CT, is limited in the detection of small retroperitoneal lymph node metastases.
The common genetic variant, GPER P16L, is hypofunctional and female carriers of this allele have increased blood pressure. There was an increased prevalence in a population of hard-to-treat hypertensive female patients. Cumulatively, these data suggest that in females, impaired GPER function might be associated with increased blood pressure and risk of hypertension.