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The effectiveness of 18F-FDG PET metabolic phenotype in evaluating therapeutic response for breast cancer patients with bone metastases
The major goal of this study is to evaluate the uptake pattern changes of FDG PET and Tc-99m bone scintigraphy for breast cancer patients with bone metastases before and after chemo or hormone therapy.
Using "PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST)" in evaluating response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherpy for esophageal cancer
The major goal of this study is using FD PET to evaluate therapeutic response of neoadjuvant CCRT for esophageal cancer patients.
Clinical value of 18F -Fcholine in detecting recurrent prostate cancer: influence of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics and comparison/correlation with magnetic resonance imaging
The major goal of this study is to compare the detecting rates of MRI and F-18 fluorocholine PET in detecting recurrent prostate cancer.
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1. Yen RF, Chen MC, Chen MU, Chieng PU, Su CT. Radionuclide pulmonary angiography in the diagnosis of the congenital absence of right pulmonary artery: report of a case. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 1996;9:28-31.
2. Tsai SC, Kao CH, Wang SJ, ChangLai SP, Yen RF, Chieng PU. Normal data for lumbar spine bone mineral content in healthy Chinese men. Calcif Tissue Int. 1997;61:114-116.
3. Huang TS, Chieng PU, Chang CC, Yen RF. Positron emission tomography for detecting iodine-131 nonvisualized metastasis of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma: two case reports. J Endocrinol Invest. 1998;21:392-398.
4. Kao CH, ChangLai SP, Chieng PU, Yen RF, Yen TC. Detection of recurrent or persistent nasopharyngeal carcinomas after radiotherapy with 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and comparison with computed tomography. J Clin Oncol. 1998;16:3550-3555.
5. Kao CH, Lan JL, ChangLai SP, Liao KK, Yen RF, Chieng PU. The role of FDG-PET, HMPAO-SPET and MRI in the detection of brain involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Eur J Nucl Med. 1999;26:129-134.
6. Huang PJ, Yen RF, Chieng PU, Chen ML, Su CT. Do beta-blockers affect the diagnostic sensitivity of dobutamine stress thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomographic imaging? J Nucl Cardiol. 1998;5:34-39.
7. Yen RF, Chen ML, Liu FY, Ko SC, Chang YL, Chieng PU, Su CT. False-positive 2-[F-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography studies for evaluation of focal pulmonary abnormalities. J Formos Med Assoc. 1998;97:642-645.
8. Ho YL, Lin LC, Yen RF, Wu CC, Chen MF, Huang PJ. Significance of dobutamine-induced ST-segment evaluation and T-wave pseudonormalization in patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction: simultaneous evaluation by dobutamine stress echocardiography and thallium-201 SPECT. Am J Cardiol. 1999;84:125-129.
9. Liu FY, Yen RF, Chieng PU, Su CT. En-plaque meningioma. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 1999;12:39-43.
10. Liu FY, Chieng PU, Yen RF, Su CT. Quantitative liver-spleen scintigraphy for the assessment of diffuse liver disease. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 1999;12:181-187.
11. Lin JH, Yen RF, Hung GU, Chieng PU, Kao CH. Pulmonary carcinoid tumor on fluorine-18-FDG PET imaging. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2000;13:67-70.
12. Lin JH, Yen RF, Hung GU, Chieng PU, Kao CH. Negative fluorine-18-FDG PET imaging in bronchioloalveolar carcinoma:a case report. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2000;13:181-184.
13. Sun SS, Tsai SC, Tan TS, Yen RF, Kao CH. Fluorine-18-FDG uptake in the scar of patient with liposarcoma after wide excision and postoperative radiotherapy: a case report. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2000;13:189-192.
14. Chang WT, Lin LC, Yen RF, Huang PJ. Persistent myocardial ischemia after termination of dipyridamole-induced ventricular tachycardia by intravenous aminophylline: scintigraphic demonstration. J Formos Med Assoc. 2000;99:264-246.
15. Kao CH, Hsieh JF, Tsai SC, Ho YJ, Yen RF. Comparison and discrepancy of 18F-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and Tc-99m MDP bone scan to detect bone metastases. Anticancer Res. 2000;20:2189-2192.
16. Lin LC, Yen RF, Hwang JJ, Chiang FT, Tseng CD, Huang PJ. Ultrasonic tissue characterization evaluates myocardial viability and ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2000;26:759-769.
17. Kao CH, Hsieh JF, Tsai SC, Ho YJ, Yen RF, ChangLai SP, Chieng PU. Comparison of 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography in detection of cervical lymph node metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2000;109:1130-1134.
18. Chen CC, Yen RF, Wei TY, Huang PJ. Differentiating diaphragmatic attenuation by an additional acquisition in the prone position in 201Tl myocardial SPECT. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2001;14:7-10.
19. Chen CC, Pan MS, Yen RF*. Hepatic and splenic accumulation of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2001;14:251-255.
20. Sun SS, Tsai SC, Hsieh JF, Yen RF, Chieng PU, Kao CH. False-positive uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in the hilar region and mediastinum. Semin Nucl Med. 2001;31:84-86.
21. Hung GU, Shiau YC, Tsai SC, Ho YJ, Kao CH, Yen RF. Differentiation of radiographically indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules with [18F]fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2001;31:51-54.
22. Ho YL, Chen CL, Hsu RB, Lin LC, Yen RF, Lee CM, Chen MF, Huang PJ. Assessment of the myocardial changes in heart transplant recipients without evident acute myocardial rejection by integrated backscatter: comparison with simultaneous dobutamine stress echocardiography and (201)thallium spect. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2001;27:171-179.
23. Ho YL, Wu CC, Yen RF, Hung SR, Chen MF, Huang PJ. Comparison of ischemic patterns in myocardial bridge and syndrome X: evaluation by dobutamine stress echocardiography and stress thallium-201 SPECT. J Formos Med Assoc. 2001;100:83-88.
24. Kao CH, Tsai SC, Wang JJ, Ho YJ, Yen RF, Ho ST. Comparing 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography with a combination of technetium 99m tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography to detect recurrent or persistent nasopharyngeal carcinomas after radiotherapy. Cancer. 2001;92:434-439.
25. Huang PJ, Lin LC, Yen RF, Ho YL, Wu CC, Hsu KL, Kao HL. Accuracy of biphasic response, sustained improvement and worsening during dobutamine echocardiography in predicting recovery of resting myocardial dysfunction after revascularization: comparison with thallium-201 SPECT. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2001;27:925-931.
26. Yen RF, Ho YL, Chou NK, Hsu RB, Huang PJ. Inhomogeneity of myocardial perfusion in heart transplant recipients: evaluation with dobutamine thallium-201 SPECT. Nucl Med Commun. 2001;22:1015-1019.
27. Su PC, Ma Y, Fukuda M, Mentis MJ, Tseng HM, Yen RF, Liu HM, Moeller JR, Eidelberg D. Metabolic changes following subthalamotomy for advanced Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol. 2001;50:514-520.
28. Sun SS, Chen TC, Yen RF, Shen YY, Changlai SP, Kao A. Value of whole body 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the evaluation of recurrent cervical cancer. Anticancer Res. 2001;21:2957-2961.
29. Pan MH, Chin CY, Yen RF, Huang PJ. Asystole induced by dipyridamole stress for thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2002;15:157-160.
30. Shen YY, Kao A, Yen RF. Comparison of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and gallium-67 citrate scintigraphy for detecting malignant lymphoma. Oncol Rep. 2002;9:321-325.
31. Yen RF, Sun SS, Shen YY, Changlai SP, Kao A. Whole body positron emission tomography with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose for the detection of recurrent ovarian cancer. Anticancer Res. 2001;21:3691-3694.
32. Kao CH, Shiau YC, Shen YY, Yen RF. Detection of recurrent or persistent nasopharyngeal carcinomas after radiotherapy with technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography: comparison with 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Cancer. 2002;94:1981-1986.
33. Lin WY, Tsai SC, Cheng KY, Yen RF, Kao CH. Fluorine-18 FDG-PET in detecting local recurrence and distant metastases in breast cancer--Taiwanese experiences. Cancer Invest. 2002;20:725-729.
34. Hsu WH, Yen RF, Kao CH, Shiun SC, Hsu NY, Lin CC, Lee CC. Predicting chemotherapy response to paclitaxel-based therapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (stage IIIb or IV) with a higher T stage (> T2). Technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile chest single photon emission computed tomography and P-glycoprotein express ion. Oncology. 2002;63:173-179.
35. Wu HC, Yen RF, Shen YY, Kao CH, Lin CC, Lee CC. Comparing whole body 18F-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and technetium-99m methylene diphosphate bone scan to detect bone metastases in patients with renal cell carcinomas - a preliminary report. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2002;128:503-506.
36. Su PC, Tseng HM, Liu HM, Yen RF, Liou HH. Subthalamotomy for advanced Parkinson disease. J Neurosurg. 2002;97:598-606.
37. Liu CS, Shen YY, Lin CC, Yen RF, Kao CH. Clinical impact of [(18)F]FDG-PET in patients with suspected recurrent breast cancer based on asymptomatically elevated tumor marker serum levels: a preliminary report. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2002;32:244-247.
38. Hsia TC, Shen YY, Yen RF, Kao CH, Changlai SP. Comparing whole body 18F-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and technetium-99m methylene diophosphate bone scan to detect bone metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Neoplasma. 2002;49:267-271.
39. Chen JJ, Yen RF, Kao A, Lin CC, Lee CC. Abnormal regional cerebral blood flow found by technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer brain single photon emission computed tomography in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with normal brain MRI findings. Clin Rheumatol. 2002;21:516-519.
40. Chang WC, Hung YC, Kao CH, Yen RF, Shen YY, Lin CC. Usefulness of whole body positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) to detect recurrent ovarian cancer based on asymptomatically elevated serum levels of tumor marker. Neoplasma. 2002;49:329-333.
41. Chang CH, Wu HC, Yen RF, Kao A, Lin CC, Lee CC. Tissue polypeptide specific antigen (TPS) as a tumor marker in renal cell carcinoma. Anticancer Res. 2002;22:2949-2950.
42. Hsu WH, Hsu NY, Shen YY, Yen RF, Kao CH. Differentiating solitary pulmonary metastases in patients with extrapulmonary neoplasmas using FDG-PET. Cancer Invest. 2003;21:47-52.
43. Chen CC, Pan MH, Tsai YC, HuangYH, Yen RF*. Dual-phase 18F-FDG PET imaging in the diagnosis of liver metastases from renal cell carcinoma: A case report. Ann Ncul Med Sci. 2003;16:147-149.
44. Tsai YC, Pan MH, Wu YW, Yen RF*. Solitary skeletal metastasis to cuboid bone: A case report. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2003;16:151-153.
45. Hsu CH, Liu FY, Yen RF, Kao CH. Tc-99m MIBI SPECT in detecting metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in patients with elevated human serum thyroglobulin levels but negative I-131 whole body scan. Endocr Res. 2003;29:9-15.
46. Sun SS, Liu FY, Tsai JJ, Yen RF, Kao CH, Huang WS. Using 99mTc HMPAO brain SPECT to evaluate the effects of anticoagulant therapy on regional cerebral blood flow in primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome patients with brain involvement-a preliminary report. Rheumatol Int. 2003;23:301-304.
47. Lin WC, Hung YC, Yeh LS, Kao CH, Yen RF, Shen YY. Usefulness of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to detect para-aortic lymph nodal metastasis in advanced cervical cancer with negative computed tomography findings. Gynecol Oncol. 2003;89:73-76.
48. Su PC, Tseng HM, Liu HM, Yen RF, Liou HH. Treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease by subthalamotomy: one-year results. Mov Disord. 2003;18:531-538.
49. Liu FY, Huang WS, Kao CH, Yen RF, Wang JJ, Ho ST. Usefulness of Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT to evaluate the effects of methylprednisolone pulse therapy in lupus erythematosus with brain involvement: a preliminary report. Rheumatol Int. 2003;23:182-185.
50. Shiau YC, Liu FY, Huang WS, Yen RF, Kao CH. Using thallium-201 SPECT to detect recurrent or residual nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy in patients with indeterminate CT findings. Head Neck. 2003;25:645-648.
51. Wu YJ, Wu HS, Yen RF, Shen YY, Kao CH. Detecting metastatic neck lymph nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma by 18F-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and Tc-99m tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography. Anticancer Res. 2003;23:2973-2976.
52. Chen YK, Liu FY, Yen RF, Kao CH. Compare FDG-PET and Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT to detect metastatic thyroid carcinoma. Acad Radiol. 2003;10:835-839.
53. Liu FY, Shiau YC, Yen RF, Wang JJ, Ho ST, Kao CH. Comparison of gallium-67 citrate and technetium-99m tetrofosmin scan to detect Hodgkin's disease. Ann Nucl Med. 2003;17:439-442.
54. Lin CC, Ding HJ, Yen RF, Wang JJ, Ho ST, Kao A. High prevalence of asymptomatically poor muscle perfusion of lower extremities measured in type II diabetes patients with abnormal myocardial perfusion. J Diabetes Complications. 2003;17:365-368.
55. Hsu HB, Fu YC, Tsai SC, Yen RF, Hwang B. Usefulness of Tc-99m HMPAO-labeled WBC heart scan to predict impaired ventricular function and coronary artery dilation in children with Kawasaki disease. Int J Cardiol. 2003;92:65-69.
56. Trost M, Su PC, Barnes A, Su SL, Yen RF, Tseng HM, Ma Y, Eidelberg D. Evolving metabolic changes during the first postoperative year after subthalamotomy. J Neurosurg. 2003;99:872-878.
57. Pan MH, Wu YW, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Liao SL, Kao CH. Different fibrovascularization rate between coralline hydroxyapatite and high density porous polyethylene (Medpore) measured by 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy 6 months after intraorbital implantation. Nucl Med Commun. 2003;24:1237-1241.
58. Weng YC, Yen RF, Tsai MH, Wang JJ, Ho ST, Kao CH. Detection of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinomas after radiotherapy with technetium-99m tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography in patients with indeterminate magnetic resonance imaging findings. Cancer Invest. 2003;21:695-700.
59. Wu HS, Huang WS, Liu YC, Yen RF, Shen YY, Kao CH. Comparison of FDG-PET and technetium-99m MIBI SPECT to detect metastatic cervical lymph nodes in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma with elevated serum HTG but negative I-131 whole body scan. Anticancer Res. 2003;23:4235-4238.
60. Wu YW, Yen RF, Chieng PU, Huang PJ. Tl-201 myocardial SPECT in differentiation of ischemic from nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. J Nucl Cardiol 2003;10:369-374.
61. Yen RF, Pan MH, Tsai YC, Wu YW. Aortic dissection detected in three-phase bone scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med 2003;28:858-860.
62. Yen RF, Hong RL, Pan MH, Wan YH, Huang KM, Lui LT, Kao CH. 18-F-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in detecting residual/recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinomas and comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. Cancer 2003; 98:283-287.
63. Huang KC, Lue BH, Yen RF, Shen CG, Ho SR, Tai TY, Yang WS. Plasma adiponectin levels and metabolic factors in nondiabetic adolescents. Obes Res. 2004;12:119-124.
64. Yen RF, Chen YC, Wu YW, Pan MH, Chang SC. Using 18-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in detecting infectious endocarditis/endoarteritis – A preliminary report. Acad Radiol 2004;11:316-321.
65. Tsai YC, Lee YC, Chang YL, Pan MH, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. False positive 18F-FDG uptake in mediastinal lymph nodes for a patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2004;17:105-108.
66. Cheng MF, Pan MH, Wu YW, Tsai YC, Yen RF*, Tzen KY. Radionuclide cisternography in diagnosing spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2004;17:167-172.
67. Pan MH, ChangYL, Wu YW, Kao CH, Yen RF*. Gallium-67 Scintigraphy and FDG-PET in Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder. Clin Nucl Med 2004 244;29:329-331.
68. Yen RF, Shun CT, Pan MH, Tsai YC, Wu YW. FDG PET Manifestation of Lobular Panniculitis. Clin Nucl Med 2004; 29:442-443.
69. Huang KC, Cheng WC, Yen RF, Tsai KS, Tai TY, Yang WS. Lack of independent relationship between plasma adiponectin, leptin levels and bone density in nondiabetic female adolescents. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2004;61:204-208.
70. Lin YH, Shiau YC, Yen RF, Lin LC, Wu CC, Ho YL, Huang PJ. The relation between myocardial cyclic variation of integrated backscatter and serum concentrations of procollagen propeptides in hypertensive patients. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2004;30:885-891.
71. Wu YW, Yen RF, Lee CM, Ho YL, Chou NK, Wang SS, Huang PJ. Diagnostic and prognostic value of dobutamine thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:544-550.
72. Wu YW, Yen RF, Lee CM, Ho YL, Wang SS, Hsu RB, Chou NK, Huang PJ. Usefulness of Progressive Inhomogeneity of Myocardial Perfusion and Chronotropic Incompetence in Detecting Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Evaluation with Dobutamine Thallium-201 Myocardial SPECT. Cardiology 2005;104:156-161.
73. Wu YW, Huang PJ, Lee CM, Ho YL, Lin LC, Wang TD, Wang SS, Chen THH, Yen RF*. Assessment of myocardial viability using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose/Tc-99m MIBI dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition SPECT: Comparison with Thallium-201 stress-reinjection SPECT. J Nucl Cardiol 2005;12:451-459.
74. Yen RF, Hong RL, Tzen KY, Pan MH, Chen THH. Whole-body 18F-FDG PET in recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma. J Nucl Med 2005;46:770-774.
75. Liu CH, Yen RF, Liu KL, Jen YM, Pan MH, Yang PM. Biliary hamartomas with delayed 99mTc-diiopropyl iminodiacetic acid clearance. J Gastroenterol 2005; 40: 540-544.
76. Yen RF, Chen THH, Ting LL, Tzen KY, Pan MH, Hong RL. Early restaging whole-body 18F-FDG PET during induction chemotherapy predicts clinical outcome in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2005; 32:1152-1159.
77. Yen RF, Wu YW, Pan MH, Tzen KY. Early detection of splenic metastasis of lung cancer by 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. J Formas Med Assoc 2005;104:674-676.
78. Lin CH, Yen RF, Jeng YM, Tzen CY, Hsu C, Hong RL. Unexpected rapid progression of metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma during treatment with imatinib mesylate. Head and Neck 2005; 27:1022-1027.
79. Wu YW, Lee CM, Huang YH, Chou NK, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Huang PJ. 99mTc-HL91 is inferior to 201Tl in scintigraphic detection of chronic myocardial ischaemia. Nucl Med Commun. 2005;26:1119-1123.
80. Trost M, Su S, Su P, Yen RF, Tseng HM, Barnes A, Ma Y, Eidelberg D. Network modulation by the subthalamic nucleus in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Neuroimage. 2006;31:301-307.
81. Lin YH, Ho YL, Wang TD, Liu CP, Kao HL, Chao CL, Chien KL, Hung CS, Wu VC, Tsai IJ, Yen RF, Shiau YC, Chen WJ. The relation of amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen and severity of coronary artery disease in patients without myocardial infarction or hibernation. Clin Biochem. 2006;39:861-866.
82. Lin YH, Chiu YW, Shiau YC, Yen RF, Tsai IJ, Ho YL, Huang PJ. The relation between serum level of amioterminal propeptide of type I procollagen and diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients without diabetes mellitus: A pilot study. J Hum Hypertens. 2006;20:964-967.
83. Cheng MF, Wu YW, Liu YB, Huang PJ, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. Extensive scar myocardium in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with severe myocardial bridge. Int J Cardiol. 2007;115:e105-e107.
84. Wu YW, Kao HL, Chen MF, Lee BC, Tseng WY, Jeng JS, Tzen KY, Yen RF, Huang PJ, Yang WS. Characterization of plaques using 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with carotid atherosclerosis and correlation with matrix metalloproteinase-1. J Nucl Med. 2007;48:227-233.
85. Yen RF, Kuo WH, Lien HC, Chen TH, Jan IS, Wu YW, Wang MY, Chang KJ, Huang CS. Radio-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy using periareolar injection technique for patients with early breast cancer. J Formos Med Assoc. 2007;106:44-50.
86. Wang LY, Tseng PH, Wang HP, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. 18F-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake on rim of gallbladder for asymptomatic cholecystitis. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2007;20:151-154.
87. Cheng MF, Wu YW, Tzen KY, Huang YH, Yen RF*. Whole-body F-18 FDG PET for hepatocellular carcinoma patients after interventional treatment. Neoplasma. 2007;54:342-347.
88. Tseng HM, Su PC, Liu HM, Liou HH, Yen RF. Bilateral subthalamotomy for advanced Parkinson disease. Surg Neurol. 2007;68 Suppl 1:S43- S50.
89. Cheng MF, Wu YW, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. F-18 FDG PET/CT illustrating tumor invasion in the IVC from adrenocortical carcinoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2007;32:891-892.
90. Lee CM, Wu YW, Jui HY, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Chou NK, Wang SS. Intravascular ultrasound correlates with coronary flow reserve and predicts the survival in angiographically normal cardiac transplant recipients. Cardiology. 2008;109:93-98.
91. Yen RF, Chen KC, Lee JM, Chang YC, Wang J, Cheng MF, Wu YW, Lee YC. (18)F-FDG PET for the lymph node staging of non-small cell lung cancer in a tuberculosis-endemic country: Is dual time point imaging worth the effort? Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2008;35:1305-1315.
92. Cheng MF, Wu YW, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. Usefulness of lymphoscintigraphy in demonstrating lymphedema in patients with Noonan syndrome. Clin Nucl Med. 2008;33:226-227.
93. Tsai YC, Yen RF, Shiau YC, Liao PC. Myocardial perfusion imaging of subacute stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary intervention. Clin Nucl Med. 2008;33:414-415.
94. Wang CP, Lee CY, Lou PJ, Yen RF, Hsiao JK, Ko JY. Role of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in assessing the impalpable cervical node with increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography scanning: preliminary communication. J Laryngol Otol. 2008 ;13:1-5.
95. Wu YW, Lee WJ, Wang TD, Lin WT, Yen RF, Wu IH, Tzen KY, Tseng WY. Interactive 3D hybrid PET/CT imaging in the identification of myocardial viability in patients after myocardial infarction: feasibility study and clinical implications. J Formos Med Assoc. 2008;107:470-477.
96. Lu CC, Yen RF, Wu YW, Huang PJ, Lee WJ. Myocardial perfusion imaging and coronary CT angiography for left main coronary artery aneurysm. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2008;21:191-195.
97. Wang SY, Cheng MF, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in gastric adenoma after stomach distention by water. Clin Nucl Med. 2008;33:643-644.
98. Yen RF, Yen MF, Hong RL, Tzen KY, Chien CR, Chen TH. The cost-utility analysis of 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Acad Radiol.2009; 16:54-60.
99. Hsu PY, Wu YW, Lin LC, Hung SR, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. Technetium-99m pyrophosphate scintigraphic finding in cardiac amyloidosis: a case report. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2009;22:115-119.
100. Lu CC, Yen RF, Cheng MF, Lin LC. Abnormal myocardial perfusion imaging after percutaneous coronary intervention without obstructing lesion. Clin Nucl Med.2009; 34:38-39.
101. Yen RF, Ting LL, Cheng MF, Wu YW, Tzen KY, Hong RL. Usefulness of 201Tl SPECT/CT relative to 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting recurrent skull base nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Head & Neck. 2009;31:717-724.
102. Han DY, Wang LY, Cheng MF, Yen RF, Lu CC. 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate uptake caused by subcutaneously preserved autologous bone flaps: a case report. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2009;22:201-204.
103. Huang CT, Yen RF, Cheng MF, Hsu YC, Wei PF, Tsai YJ, Tsai MF, Shih JY, Yang CH, Yang PC. Correlation of F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography maximal standardized uptake value and EGFR mutations in advanced lung adenocarcinoma. Medical oncology.2009;27:9-15.
104. Tai CH, Yen RF, Lin CH, Yen KY, Yip PK, Wu RM, Lee MJ. Focal brain glucose hypermetabolism in myoclonus-dystonia syndrome caused by an epsilon-sarcoglycan gene mutation. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2009;15:614-616.
105. Wu VC, Chang HW, Liu KL, Lin YH, Chueh SC, Lin WC, Ho YL, Huang JW, Chiang CK, Yang SY, Chen YM, Wang SM, Huang KH, Hsieh BS, Wu KD; TAIPAI Study Group. Primary aldosteronism: diagnostic accuracy of the losartan and captopril tests. Am J Hypertens. 2009;22:821-827.
106. TAIPAI Study Group, Wu VC, Chueh SC, Chang HW, Lin LY, Liu KL, Lin YH, Ho YL, Lin WC, Wang SM, Huang KH, Hung KY, Kao TW, Lin SL, Yen RF, Chen YM, Hsieh BS, Wu KD. Association of kidney function with residual hypertension after treatment of aldosterone-producing adenoma. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;54:665-673.
107. Wang LY, Wu MZ, Yen RF, Tzen KY. Asymptomatic thymic carcinoma with solitary hepatic metastasis detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. J Formos Med Assoc. 2009;108:677-680.
108. Kuo SH, Yen RF, Lin CW, Chen LT, Tien HF, Cheng AL. Unusual presentation of multiple pathologic bone fractures in a patient with gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Ann Hematol. 2009;89:431-436.
109. Yen RF, Wu VC, Liu KL, Cheng MF, Wu YW, Chueh SC, Lin WC, Wu KD, Tzen KY, Lu CC; TAIPAI Study Group. 131I-6beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol SPECT/CT for primary aldosteronism patients with inconclusive adrenal venous sampling and CT results. J Nucl Med. 2009;50:1631-1637.
110. Wu VC, Kuo CC, Chang HW, Tsai CT, Lin CY, Lin LY, Lin YH, Wang SM, Huang KH, Fang CC, Ho YL, Liu KL, Chang CC, Chueh SC, Lin SL, Yen RF, Wu KD; TAIPAI study group. Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism: comparison of post-captopril active renin concentration and plasma renin activity. Clin Chim Acta. 2010;411:657-663.
111. Yen RF, Chen CY, Cheng MF, Wu YW, Shiau YC, Wu K, Hong RL, Yu CJ, Wang KL, Yang RS. The diagnostic and prognostic effectiveness of F-18 sodium fluoride PET-CT in detecting bone metastases for hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Nucl Med Commun. 2010;31:637-645.
112. Wu YW, Chen YH, Wang SS, Jui HY, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Chen MF, Lee CM. PET assessment of myocardial perfusion reserve inversely correlates with intravascular ultrasound findings in angiographically normal cardiac transplant recipients. J Nucl Med. 2010;51:906-912.
113. Lin YH, Huang KH, Lee JK, Wang SM, Yen RF, Wu VC, Chung SD, Liu KL, Chueh SC, Lin LY, Ho YL, Chen MF, Wu KD. Factors influencing left ventricular mass regression in patients with primary aldosteronism post adrenalectomy. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2011;12:48-53.
114. Hung YL, Chen PC, Jeng SF, Hsieh CJ, Pen SS, Yen RF, Chou HC, Chen CY, Tsao PN, Hsieh WS. Serial measurements of serum alkaline phosphatase for early prediction of osteopaenia in preterm infants. J paediatr Child Health. 2011;47:134-139.
115. Wang J, Shih TT, Yen RF, Lu YS, Chen CY, Mao TL, Lin CH, Kuo WH, Tsai YS, Chang KJ, Chien KL. The Association of Infrared Imaging Findings of the Breast with Hormone Receptor and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Status of Breast Cancer. Acad Radiol. 2011;18:212-219.
116. Wang SY, Wu YW, Hsiao CH, Li MF, Hsu PY, Yen RF*. F-18 FDG PET images for subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2011;36:66-69.
117. Wang CP, Shiau YC, Yen RF*. F-18 FDG uptake in papillary carcinoma arising from thyroglossal duct cyst. Clin Nucl Med. 2011;36:141-142.
118. Lin YH, Wang SM, Wu VC, Lee JK, Kuo CC, Yen RF, Liu KL, Huang KH, Chueh SC, Wang WJ, Lin LY, Chien KL, Ho YL, Chen MF, Wu KD; the TAIPAI study group. The association of serum potassium level with left ventricular mass in patients with primary aldosteronism. Eur J Clin Invest. 2011;41:743-750.
119. Cheng MF, Huang JY, Han DY, Hsu PY, Yen RF*. Gallium-67 SPECT/CT for Abdominal Abscess. Clin Nucl Med. 2011;36:258-260.
120. Cheng MF, Wu YW, Liu KL, Yen RF, Wu YM, Hsu C, Chang YT, Tzen KY, Wang HP. Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in indeterminate infiltrative hepatic lesions in an endemic area of viral hepatitis. Nucl Med Commun. 2011;32:252-259.
121. Wu VC, Yang SY, Lin JW, Cheng BW, Kuo CC, Tsai CT, Chu TS, Huang KH, Wang SM, Lin YH, Chiang CK, Chang HW, Lin CY, Lin LY, Chiu JS, Hu FC, Chueh SC, Ho YL, Liu KL, Lin SL, Yen RF, Wu KD; on behalf of the TAIPAI Study Group. Kidney impairment in primary aldosteronism. Clin Chim Acta. 2011;412:1319-1325.
122. Yen TJ, Chung CS, Wu YW, Yen RF, Cheng MF, Lee JM, Hsu CH, Chang YL, Wang HP. Comparative study between endoscopic ultrasonography and positron emission tomography-computed tomography in staging patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoms. Dis Esophaqus. 2012;25:40-47.
123. Huang JY, Peng SF, Yang CC, Yen KY, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. Neuroimaging findings in a brain with Niemann-Pick type C disease. J Formos Med Assoc. 2011;110:537-542.
124. Wu YW, Kao HL, Huang CL, Chen MF, Lin LY, Wang YC, Lin YH, Lin HJ, Tzen KY, Yen RF, Chi YC, Huang PJ, Yang WS. The effects of 3-month atorvastatin therapy on arterial inflammation, calcification, abdominal adipose tissue and circulation biomarkers. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2012;39:399-407.
125. Cheng MF, Lin MW, Wu CT, Shih SR, Wu YW, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. Asymmetric Intense Bilateral Adrenal Uptake on [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in a Patient With Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. J Clin Oncol. 2012;30:e83- e85.
126. Han DY, Cheng MF, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Wu YW. Postoperative lymphocele demonstrated by lymphoscintigraphy SPECT/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2012;37:374-376.
127. Chen CY, Wu K, Lin WH, Lan TY, Wang SY, Sun JS, Weng PW, Yen RF*, Yang RS. High false negative rate of Tc-99m MDP whole-body bone scintigraphy in detecting skeletal metastases for patients with hepatoma. J Formos Med Assoc. 2012;111:140-146.
128. Cheng MF, Huang JJ, Chen JS, Yu SC, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Wu YW. Atypical thymic carcinoid associated with coronary artery spasm: Incidental finding of myocardial perfusion imaging. Int J Cardiol. 2012;161:e31-e33.
129. Liu CJ, Wang J, Kuo WH, Yen RF*. High 18F-fluorothymidine uptake for invasive thymoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2012;37:991-992.
130. Wu MC, Yen RF, Lin CH, Wu RM, Nita DA. Hemiballism in a patient with parietal lobe infarction. Neurology. 2013;80:e22.
131. Lin MC, Yen RF, Chen HY, Muo CH, Wang HE, Chen CL, Kao CH. The utilization of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging and cardiac catheterization under Taiwan's universal health insurance program. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013;29:1039-1042.
132. Chen YK, Hung TJ, Lin CC, Yen RF, Sung FC, Lee WY, Kao CH. Increased risk of acute coronary syndrome after spinal cord injury: a nationwide 10-year follow-up cohort study. Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:1681-1682.
133. Cheng MF, Liu KL, Lin YF, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. 67Ga SPECT/CT aids in the diagnosis of occult infected common iliac artery aneurysm. Clin Nucl Med. 2013;38:573-575.
134. Cheng MF, Huang TC, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Wu YW. Left ventricle metastasis of esophageal cancer mimicking myocardial infarction in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Int J Cardiol. 2013;167:e184- e186.
135. Fan PC, Peng SS, Yen RF, Shieh JY, Kuo MF. Neuroimaging and electroencephalographic changes after vagus nerve stimulation in a boy with medically intractable myoclonic astatic epilepsy. J Formos Med Assoc.2014;113:258-263..
136. Cheng MF, Wang HP, Tien YW, Liu KL, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Wu YW. Usefulness of PET/CT for the differentiation and characterization of periampullary lesions. Clin Nucl Med. 2013;38:703-708.
137. Lu CC, Wu VC, Wu KD, Liu KL, Lin WC, Cheng MF, Tzen KY, Yen RF*; TAIPAI Study Group. Prognostic value of semiquantification NP-59 SPECT/CT in primary aldosteronism patients after adrenalectomy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014;41:1375-1384.
138. Lo C, Lee PC, Yen RF, Huang CS. Most frequent location of the sentinel lymph nodes. Asian J Surg. 2014;37:125-129.
139. Ko CL, Wu YW, Cheng MF, Yen RF, Wu WC, Tzen KY. Data-driven respiratory motion tracking and compensation in CZT cameras: A comprehensive analysis of phantom and human images. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015;22:308-318..
140. Wang J, Kuo WH, Shih TT, Yen RF*. Using 18F-FLT PET to distinguish between malignant and benign breast lesions with suspicious findings in mammography and breast ultrasound. Ann Nucl Med. 2014;28:941-949.
141. Liu CJ, Cheng JS, Chen YC, Huang YH, Yen RF*. A performance comparison of novel cadmium-zinc-telluride camera and conventional SPECT/CT using anthropomorphic torso phantom and water bags to simulate soft tissue and breast attenuation. Ann Nucl Med. 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
142. Liu CJ, Cheng JC, Lee JM, Cheng MF, Tzen KY, Yen RF*. Patterns of Nodal Metastases on 18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma are Useful to Guide Treatment Planning of Radiotherapy. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
Provide full citation for doctoral thesis
2005 PhD thesis: The Utility and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of 18-Fluoro-2-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Advisors: Prof. Tony Hsiu-His Chen and Prof. Kai-Yuan Tzen
List abstracts published and exhibits presented at meetings during the last 3 years which have not already been published as full length manuscripts. May also list all abstracts or exhibits, regardless of date or publication as full-length manuscript, which received special recognition at a meeting (e.g., juried poster presentation, meeting commendation).
2010
1. Yen RF, Yu CJ, Tzeb KY, Shiue CY. The Diagnostic Usefulness of 18F-FDG and 18F-FLT PET in Pulmonary Lesions. EANM'10 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Vienna, Austria.
2. Lu CC, Yen RF, Wu V, Wu K. The Quantification of I-131 6β-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol SPECT/CT in Detecting Adrenal Adenoma for Patients with Primary Aldosteronism. EANM'10 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Vienna, Austria
2011
1. Yen RF, Yu HJ, Pu YS, Cheng CH, Liang PC. The diagnostic usefulness of 18F-Fluorocholine Positron Emission Tomography in Recurrent/Metastatic Prostate cancer. EANM'11 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Birmingham, United Kingdom.
2. Lu CC, Yu HJ, Pu YS, Cheng CH, Liang PC, Yen RF. The influence of hormone therapy in 18F-fluorocholine PET in prostate cancer. EANM'11 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Birmingham, United Kingdom
3. Huang YH, Wang MH, Wu HL, Lin WZ, Yen RF. Hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor binding demonstrated in In-111 hexa-lactoside scintigraphy: A woodchuck hepatitis and hepatoma model. 2011 International Symposium on Frontier Biomedical and Molecular Imaging, Taiwan. 2011;Nov5-6:200-201.
4. Ko CL, Yen RF. Reliability of Ventricular Function Measured by Novel CZT-based Gated Thallium-201 Myocardial Perfusion Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography: compared with 2-dimentional echocardiography. 2011 International Symposium on Frontier Biomedical and Molecular Imaging, Taiwan. 2011;Nov5-6:213-214.
5. Wang SY, Huang CS, Kuo WH, Cheng MF, Chang KJ, Yen RF. Four-year Outcomes of Sentinel Lymph Node Negative Patients of Early Breast Cancer treated without Axillary Node Dissection versus Those with Complete Axillary Node Dissection. 2011 International Symposium on Frontier Biomedical and Molecular Imaging, Taiwan. 2011;Nov5-6:215-216.
6. Hsu PY, Yen RF. 18F-FDG PET scan in evaluating pulmonary ground-glass opacities. 2011 International Symposium on Frontier Biomedical and Molecular Imaging, Taiwan. 2011;Nov5-6:222-223
2012
1. Yen RF, Hsieh ST, Wang YH. 18F-FDOPA PET in evaluating cardiac sympathetic innervation for male patients with spinal cord injury. EANM'12 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Milan, Italy.
2. Cheng MF, Wang HP, Liu KL, Yen RF, Tzen KY, Wu YW. Prospective comparison of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose and 3’-deoxy-3’-[18F]fluorothymidine PET/CT in the differentiation and characterization of periampullary tumors. EANM'12 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Milan, Italy.
3. Huang JY, Lu CC, Cheng MF, Tzen KY, Yen RF. The Diagnostic Effectiveness of 99mTc-Sestamibi SPECT/CT in Primary Hyperparathyroidism. EANM'12 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Milan, Italy.
4. Liu CJ, Yen RF. Pattern and laterality of lymph node metastases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma on FDG PET/CT. Third annual symposium of nuclear cardiology, Taiwan. 2012 Taoyuan.
5. Yen RF, Hsieh ST, Peng SF, Yen KY, Wang YH. Central Nervous System Plasticity in Patients with Chronic Complete Spinal Cord Injury: 18F-FDG PET Imaging. The 61th Annual Meeting of the Radiological society of Republic of China.
6. Yen RF, Kao CH. The utilization of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging and cardiac catheterization under Taiwan’s Universal Health Insurance Program. The 4th Congress of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging ;ASCI. 2012 TAIPEI.
Narrative Report (limit to 500 words)
As an attending physician in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, and a faculty in the National Taiwan University College of Medicine, I have engaged in clinical works (30%), teaching (25%), research (30%), and administrative (15%) works related to activities in our hospital, the Society of Nuclear Medicine in Taiwan, and the Department of Health, Executive Yuan of Taiwan government.
In 1994, I joined the nuclear cardiology research team led by Prof. Pau-Jau Huang in our hospital. I have made some contributions to this field with published papers involving the diagnostic usefulness of 201Tl myocardial perfusion imaging, dobutamine stress echocardiography, 18F-FDG PET and cardiac MR.
The first PET scanner was installed in our hospital in 1995 and I was one of the pioneers and proponents of utilizing PET diagnosis in Taiwan. We have been especially benefiting from 18F-FDG PET diagnoses for several malignancies that have been prevalent in Taiwan over the last twenty years: nasopharyngeal carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and lung cancer, to name a few. My contributions in this area include PET diagnosis of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma patient’s follow-up with PET, and PET nodal staging on non-small cell lung cancer.
In addition, I have done a fair amount of work on radio-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy and NP-59 for primary aldosteronism. In 2008, the Dr. Du Tsong-Ming Foundation awarded me “The Best Thesis of the Year” for my article “Radio-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy using periareolar injection technique for patients with early breast cancer” published in the Journal of Formosan Medical Association, 2007.
We installed a cyclotron in our hospital in 2005 with the purpose of developing in-house radiopharmaceuticals. This facility is now capable of producing a variety of PET tracers that include 18F-FLT, 18F-Fcholine, 18F-NaF, 18F-fallypride, 18F-FDOPA, 13N-ammonia, and 11C-PIB. I have been taking advantage of this in-house capability and am currently using these tracers in several basic and clinical research projects.
I have been a tutor responsible for group discussion for the 2nd-4th year medical students for more than 10 years. I have given lectures regularly in radiology course for the 5th and 6th year medical students and lectures on nuclear medicine molecular imaging for the graduate students. I have been a clinical teacher for the 6th year medical students and for the interns of our departments. In addition I have participated in tutoring the residents of our department on how to write case reports and research articles.
I was a board member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in Taiwan during 2006-2010. At present, I am a member of several sub-committees in the Society: the Revision Committee for Taiwan National Health Insurance, the Certificate Board of Nuclear Medicine, the Committee of Teaching Hospital Subspecialty Certification and the Committee of Continuing Education. In addition, I am the chairperson of the Committee of Nuclear Cardiology which is responsible for planning continuation education and conducting annual meetings in the field of nuclear cardiology. Finally I am now the associate editor of the journal “Annals of Nuclear Medicine and Sciences” published by the Taiwanese Society of Nuclear Medicine.
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