title: Assessment of Therapeutic Effect of Sunitinib by (11)C-Acetate PET Compared with FDG PET Imaging in a Patient with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
abstract: Although sunitinib shows a high response rate in patients with untreated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), quite a few patients show no therapeutic effect. Therefore, it is crucial to distinguish the patients who respond to sunitinib from those who do not as early as possible after the administration of the therapy. We herein report a case of mRCC in which (11)C-acetate (AC) positron emission tomography (PET) showed an early therapeutic effect of sunitinib treatment 4 weeks after its administration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanase
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akino
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan.
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okazawa
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujibayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193 Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
keywords: 11C-acetate; Positron emission tomography; Renal cell carcinoma; Sunitinib; Therapeutic effect