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Is there an optimal method for measuring baseline metabolic tumor volume in diffuse large B cell lymphoma?

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Cottereau, AS., Buvat, I., Kanoun, S. et al. Is there an optimal method for measuring baseline metabolic tumor volume in diffuse large B cell lymphoma?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 45, 1463–1464 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-018-4005-4

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