title: [Investigation of short-term therapy results for radiofrequency ablation by positron emission tomography].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the possibility of evaluating the short-term therapeulic effect of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in cancer treatment by positron emission tomography.
  
  
  METHODS
  The radioactivity intensity of the tumor was detected by PET before and after RFA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Radioactivity blank was observed in all 33 cases with 54 lesions, indicating the elimination of the tumor was destroyed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PET is of great significance in evaluating the short-term effect of RFA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Wang-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Rong-Cheng
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Shi-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hu-Bing
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chuan-Bing
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ming-Jiang
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome