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978-3-540-31203-1

PET in Oncology

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-3-540-31203-1

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In the management of oncologic diseases, modern imaging modalities contribute heavily to the decision of which form of treatment - local or systemic, surgical or interdisciplinary - will be most efficient. The addition of functional image information to conventional staging procedures helps improve the diagnostic pathway. The information needed for therapeutic management and for follow-up can be provided by correlative imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) or PET/CT. This book is a comprehensive compilation of the accumulated knowledge on PET and PET/CT in oncology, covering the entire spectrum from solidly documented indications, such as staging and monitoring of lung and colorectal cancer, to the application of PET/CT in head and neck surgery, gynecology, radiation therapy, urology, pediatrics etc.


Subject: Medicine, CT, PET, CT, Staging, Tumor, Cancer, Computed tomography (CT), Gynecology, Imaging, Pediatrics, Positron emission tomography (PET), Radiation, Radiology, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Tomography, Oncology, Nuclear Medicine