Detection Rate of Recurrent Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Using Fluorine-18 Dihydroxyphenylalanine Positron Emission Tomography

Fluorine-18-DOPA PET and PET/CT may be useful functional imaging methods in detecting recurrent MTC. The DR of recurrent MTC using these imaging methods increases in patients with higher calcitonin levels and lower calcitonin doubling times.