The role of F-18-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of suspected recurrent gastric cancer after initial surgical resection: can the results of FDG PET/CT influence patients' treatment decision making?

BILICI, Ahmet; USTAALIOGLU, Bala; SEKER, Mesut; KEFELI, Umut; CANPOLAT, Nesrin; TEKINSOY, Bulent; OZUGUR, Sule; Gumus, MAHMUT

doi:10.1007/s00259-010-1611-1

The role of F-18-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of suspected recurrent gastric cancer after initial surgical resection: can the results of FDG PET/CT influence patients' treatment decision making?

BILICI A., USTAALIOGLU B. B. O. , SEKER M., KEFELI U., CANPOLAT N., TEKINSOY B., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING, vol.38, no.1, pp.64-73, 2011 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 38 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2011
Doi Number: 10.1007/s00259-010-1611-1
Title of Journal : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING
Page Numbers: pp.64-73

Abstract

F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT has been widely used for staging, re-staging and for monitoring therapy-induced changes and response to therapy in patients with various types of cancer, but its utilization for gastric cancer has been limited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical role of FDG PET/CT in the detection of gastric cancer recurrence as compared with diagnostic CT and to assess the impact of FDG PET/CT results on patients' treatment planning.