PET and PET-CT of Testicular Cancer
PET and PET-CT of Testicular Cancer Thomas F. Hany Klaus Strobel Testicular cancer consists of two general groups: seminomatous and nonseminomatous testicular cancers. Very much as in staging of other…
PET and PET-CT in Kidney Tumors and Bladder Cancer
PET and PET-CT in Kidney Tumors and Bladder Cancer Hossein Jadvar Peter S. Conti The role of positron emission tomography (PET) and integrated PET and computed tomography (CT) in the…
PET and PET-CT in Breast Carcinoma
PET and PET-CT in Breast Carcinoma Richard L. Wahl Although breast cancers accumulate fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) relatively avidly, as well as a variety of other positron emitter–labeled metabolic tracers, the FDG…
PET-CT and SPECT-CT of Other Gastrointestinal Tumors: Somatostatin Receptor–Positive and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
PET-CT and SPECT-CT of Other Gastrointestinal Tumors: Somatostatin Receptor–Positive and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Heiner Bihl Gerald Antoch Somatostatin receptor (SSTR)-positive tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are relatively rare malignant…
PET and PET-CT of Colorectal and Anal Carcinoma
PET and PET-CT of Colorectal and Anal Carcinoma Farrokh Pakzad Jamshed B. Bomanji Svetislav Gacinovic Peter J. Ell Colorectal cancer represents the commonest malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. The application…
PET and PET-CT of the Liver and Pancreas
PET and PET-CT of the Liver and Pancreas Thomas F. Hany Klaus Strobel The imaging and differentiation of primary solid liver tumors is a domain of morphological imaging. In fluorodeoxyglucose…
PET and PET-CT of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers
PET and PET-CT of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers Jamshed B. Bomanji Farrokh Pakzad Darren L. Francis Peter J. Ell The incidence of gastroesophageal cancers, particularly the incidence of cancer of…
Thyroid Cancer Imaging with PET and SPECT
Thyroid Cancer Imaging with PET and SPECT Steven M. Larson Ravinder K. Grewal Michael M. Tuttle Well-differentiated thyroid cancer includes papillary follicular and Hürthle cell cancers. In the United States,…
PET and PET-CT of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
PET and PET-CT of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Hans C. Steinert Lung cancer is the most common cancer in men worldwide and mostly caused by smoking. The risk decreases with…
PET and PET-CT of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
PET and PET-CT of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Hans C. Steinert Ramon de Juan Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is the most common neoplasm of the pleura and is directly linked to…
