Role of PET Scan in Gastric Cancer as a Diagnostic Tool
Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
; : 184-190, 2002.
Article
em Ko
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| ID: wpr-173997
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ABSTRACT
Clinical application of positron emission tomography (PET) is rapidly increasing for the detection and staging of cancer at whole-body studies performed with the glucose analogue tracer 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG). Although FDG PET cannot match the anatomic resolution of conventional imaging techniques in gastrointestinal and abdominal organs, it is particularly useful for identification and characterization of whole body at the same time. FDG PET can show foci of metastatic disease that may not be apparent at conventional anatomic imaging and can aid in the characterization of indeterminate soft-tissue masses. Most gastrointestinal cancer need to surgical management. FDG PET can improve the selection of patients for surgical treatment and thereby reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with inappropriate surgery. FDG PET is also useful for the early detection of recurrence and the monitoring of therapeutic effect. The gastrointestinal cancers, such as gastroesophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer and pancreatic cancer, are common malignancies in Korea. PET is one of the most promising and useful methodology for the management of gastric cancer as well as other gastrointestinal cancers.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Recidiva
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Neoplasias Colorretais
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Mortalidade
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
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Neoplasias Gastrointestinais
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Glucose
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Coreia (Geográfico)
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article