Tu - Immuno-PET imaging in haematological neoplasms Flashcards
1
Q
What is the difference between molecular profiling and molecular imaging?
A
Profiling is seeing how treatment will go, imaging is seeing in real time where the drug is going to and how it’s acting
2
Q
Why does the disease still grow if we only give a patient rituximab?
A
Because lymph nodes that are not targeted will keep growing, even if the targeted lymph nodes diminish.
3
Q
What radioactive tracer is used for whole body PET imaging and quantification?
A
Zirconium-89