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carbon-11 acetate

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-012295

The acetate salt of the radioisotope carbon-11. Although the mechanism is unclear, carbon-11 acetate preferentially accumulates in tumor tissue, serving as a tracer for imaging tumors with positron emission tomography (PET).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-012295
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonyms11C-acetate; [11C] acetate; C-11 acetate; C11 acetate
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-012295",
  "term": "carbon-11 acetate",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The acetate salt of the radioisotope carbon-11. Although the mechanism is unclear, carbon-11 acetate preferentially accumulates in tumor tissue, serving as a tracer for imaging tumors with positron emission tomography (PET).",
  "synonyms": [
    "11C-acetate",
    "[11C] acetate",
    "C-11 acetate",
    "C11 acetate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/carbon-11-acetate/"
}

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