Oncological PET/CT with Histological Confirmation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cerci, Juliano (Editor), Fanti, Stefano (Editor), Delbeke, Dominique (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nuclear medicine.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.

This book reviews the important new field of PET/CT-guided biopsy, which is of potential value in optimizing the diagnostic yield of biopsies. The role of this technology is examined in a range of malignancies, including lymphoma, pancreatic, breast cancer and CNS malignancies. True positive and fal...

Table of Contents:

• PART I. Biopsy guided PET/CT: Principle of biopsy guided imaging.- FDG PET/CT to guide biopsy: methods.- FDG PET/CT to guide biopsy: type of acess.- PART II. FDG PET/CT in lymphoma: Need of biopsy in lymphoma.- FDG PET/CT to guide biopsy in lymphoma: results.- PART III. FDG PET/CT in pancreatic lesions:Need of biopsy in pancreatic lesions.- FDG PET/CT to guide biopsy in pancreatic lesions: results.- PART IV. FDG PEM in breast lessions: Need of biopsy in breast lesions.- FDG PEM to guide biopsy in breast lesions: results
• PART V. PET/CT and CNS malignancies: Need of biopsy in CNS malignancies
• FDG PET/CT to guide biopsy in CNS: results
• PART VI. PET/CT and prostate cancer
• Choline PET/CT to guide biopsy in prostate cancer diagnosis
• PART VII. FLT PET/CT in cancer diagnosis: FLT PET/CT in cancer diagnosis: results.