BIOMARKER and IMAGING CHARACTERISATION of INFLAMMATORY ATHEROMA in PATIENTS RECEIVING IMMUNOTHERAPY and ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS

"Study specific tests will include 18F-FDG PET/CT (specialised CT scan), electrocardiography (ECG), clinic blood pressure assessment, blood tests, urine sample, echocardiography (heart ultrasound) and tests on the fingertips (EndoPAT).~Positron emission tomography with computerised tomography (PET-CT) is a scanning technique in routine clinical use. It is the gold standard method for assessing blood vessel inflammation. A small amount of radioactive sugar (18F-FDG \[18F- fluorodeoxyglucose\]) is administered intravenously 90 minutes prior to the PET-CT scan. The distribution of uptake of this tracer is seen on the subsequent PET-CT scan. The CT component of this scan allows the PET image to be precisely aligned with anatomical structures (especially large blood vessels)."