title: "Hot spot" on gallium-67-citrate scan in renal cell carcinoma. Clinicopathologic and biochemical correlation.
abstract: A frontal tomographic whole-body gallium-67-citrate scan was performed on 30 patients with renal cell carcinoma. Positive gallium uptake by the kidney in 20 patients (66.7%) correlated well with the clinicopathologically higher stage and grade of the tumor and with abnormal values in prognostic indexes in the blood. Thus, a negative gallium uptake may be indicative of an improved clinical course and longer survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D005293:Ferritins