| Role of PET/CT in the evaluation of cervical cancer. | |
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PMID: 18667229 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PET imaging utilizes a dedicated camera system with multiple positron detector rings. PET/CT precisely aligns and combines metabolic PET mages with anatomical CT images, and is being increasingly preffered over PET scanning alone. FDG is the most widely used radiotracer in the management of cancer patients, and the prototypical PET/CT protocol used in other cancers can also be applied to the management of cervical carcinoma patients. The applications of PET/CT in cervical cancer patients include: assessing local tumor extension (information on metabolic tumor activity and possible endometrial involvement), evaluating pelvic nodal involvement (even in cases with negative CT or MRI studies), detection of distant metastases (PET/CT should be the first imaging technique used to evaluate extrapelvic disease before pelvic exenteration), radiation therapy planning (in patiens with PET scans positive for lymph nodes), identification of persistent/recurrent disease (especially in assessing response to neoadjuvant therapy and prognosis (with an inverse response-survival relationship. |
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Authors:
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Raquel Jover; Daniel Lourido; Cristina Gonzalez; Alejandro Rojo; Luis Gorospe; José Miguel Alfonso |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2008-07-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Gynecologic oncology Volume: 110 ISSN: 1095-6859 ISO Abbreviation: Gynecol. Oncol. Publication Date: 2008 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-09-01 Completed Date: 2008-09-24 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0365304 Medline TA: Gynecol Oncol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S55-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Instituto Tecnológico PET-M.D. Anderson International España, Madrid, Spain. jover_raq@yahoo.es |
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Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / diagnostic use* Humans Lymph Nodes / radionuclide imaging Lymphatic Metastasis Neoplasm Staging Positron-Emission Tomography / methods Radiopharmaceuticals / diagnostic use* Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology, radionuclide imaging*, radiotherapy |
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0/Radiopharmaceuticals; 63503-12-8/Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 |
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