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Pet Therapy

Known as: Therapy, Pet, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Pet-Facilitated Therapy 
A type of therapy that uses dogs or other pets to improve the physical and mental health of patients with certain acute or chronic diseases. It is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Animal Assisted Therapy
AnimalsRehabilitation therapy

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
The role of early 18F-FDG PET/CT in prediction of progression-free survival after 90Y radioembolization: comparison with RECIST and tumour density criteria
PurposeThis study evaluated the ability of 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging to predict early response to 90Y-radioembolization in… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Is there a role for FGD-PET in radiotherapy planning in esophageal carcinoma?
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A new approach to pre-treatment assessment of the N0 neck in oral squamous cell carcinoma: the role of sentinel node biopsy and positron emission tomography.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Early diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer with FDG-PET in patients with progressive elevation of serum tumor markers.
BACKGROUND The aim of this work is to assess the diagnostic value of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
FDG-PET lymph node staging and survival of patients with FIGO stage IIIb cervical carcinoma.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Lung Tumors Evaluated With FDG-PET and Dynamic CT: The Relationship Between Vascular Density and Glucose Metabolism
Purpose The aim of the current study was to evaluate the relationship between FDG-PET and dynamic CT in lung tumors. Method Forty… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Comparison of positron emission tomography scanning and sentinel node biopsy in the detection of micrometastases of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma.
PURPOSE Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is a surgical technique for detecting micrometastatic disease in the regional draining nodes… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Value of combined FDG PET and MR imaging in the evaluation of suspected recurrent local-regional breast cancer: preliminary experience.
PURPOSE To assess the performance and potential clinical effects of combined 2-[fluorine 18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Detection of recurrent or persistent nasopharyngeal carcinomas after radiotherapy with 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and comparison with computed tomography.
PURPOSE The effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) with 1 8-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) for detecting suspected… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Early changes in fluorine-18-FDG uptake during radiotherapy.
UNLABELLED The aim of this case study was to quantify metabolic changes in tumor tissue during and directly after external… 
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