Pancreatic Cancer

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Pathologic features Incidence (%) Ductal adenocarcinoma 80–90 Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm 3–5 Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor 3–4 Serous cystadenoma 1–2 Mucinous cystic neoplasm 1–2 Acinar cell carcinoma 1–2 Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm…

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The Cancer Biology of Molecular Imaging

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Radiotracer Function [18F]FDG Glycolysis 18F-FLT Proliferation [11C]MET, 18F-FACBC Amino acid transport 18F-FDHT Androgen receptor 18F-FES Estrogen receptor Na124I NIS [11C]acetate Kreb’s cycle, FA syn 18F-MISO Hypoxia Hallmarks of Cancer There…

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Multiple Myeloma

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Fig. 8.1 Schematic representation of interactions between MM cells and bone microenvironment (right panel  ) as compared to the physiological balance (left panel  ). Dickkopf 1, a potent inhibitor of…

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Breast Cancer

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TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed  T0 No evidence of primary tumor  Tis Carcinoma in situ  Tis (DCIS) Ductal carcinoma in situ  Tis (LCIS) Lobular carcinoma in situ  Tis (Paget’s)…

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Head and Neck Cancer

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Fig. 10.1 (a) Five-year observed survival by combined AJCC stage squamous cell carcinoma of the lip, 1998–1999. (b) Five-year observed survival by “combined” AJCC stage squamous cell carcinoma of the…

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Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Adverse Effects of Cancer Therapy in the Lung, Kidney, and Gastrointestinal Tract

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Fig. 30.1 Patient with Hodgkin’s lymphoma treated with bleomycin. Diffuse bilateral uptake of 67Ga-citrate reflects pulmonary toxicity Recently, pulmonary [18F]FDG uptake has been reported in patients with BIP and absence…

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131I-MIBG Therapy

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Fig. 26.1 (a) Serial 123I-MIBG posterior whole body images from a patient with unresectable primary PHEO of the right adrenal (upper arrows) and metastatic disease to retroperitoneal nodes (lower arrows),…

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Brain Tumors

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Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue  Tumors of the pineal region  Angiolipoma 8861/0 Astrocytic tumors  Pineocytoma 9361/1 Hibernoma 8880/0 Pilocytic astrocytoma 9421/1a Pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation 9362/3 Liposarcoma 8850/3 Pilomyxoid…

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Lymphomas

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  Factors  IPS [21] Male gender Age >45 Stage 4 Hemoglobin <10.5 g/L WBC count >15  ×  109/L Lymphocyte count <0.6  ×  109/L or <8% WBC Serum albumin <40 g/L…

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Imaging the Heart in the Cancer Patient

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(1) Section of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA (2) Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA   Abstract…

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