Impact of Metabolic Activity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Association With Immune Status and Vascular Formation
Shinji Itoh, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Kyohei Yugawa, Norifumi Iseda, Tomonari Shimagaki, Yoshihiro Nagao, Takeo Toshima, Noboru Harada, Kenichi Kohashi, Shingo Baba, Kousei Ishigami, Yoshinao Oda, Masaki Mori – 25 March 2021 – We evaluated the prognostic value of fluorine‐18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F‐FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Their association with programmed death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) expression and vascular formation was further investigated.