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Abstract
18F-FDG PET/CT may facilitate improved diagnosis and treatment in gynecological fields. This method provides pretreatment prognostic information concerning the aggressiveness of tumors which may contribute to optimizing and individualizing patient therapy. Although 18F-FDG PET/CT has a limited role for local staging of primary cancer, it has an important role in staging, as it aids particularly in identifying the involvement of lymph nodes and distant metastases throughout the whole body in a single examination in patients with advanced-stage disease and also in restaging after therapy. Another major indication of the modality is the evaluation of disease recurrence, especially in clinically equivocal patients or in patients in which tumor markers are rising, and conventional imaging studies show negative or equivocal findings.
期刊介绍:
The Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine published by the Hellenic Society of
Nuclear Medicine in Thessaloniki, aims to contribute to research, to education and
cover the scientific and professional interests of physicians, in the field of nuclear
medicine and in medicine in general. The journal may publish papers of nuclear
medicine and also papers that refer to related subjects as dosimetry, computer science,
targeting of gene expression, radioimmunoassay, radiation protection, biology, cell
trafficking, related historical brief reviews and other related subjects. Original papers
are preferred. The journal may after special agreement publish supplements covering
important subjects, dully reviewed and subscripted separately.