Clinical value of FDG-PET for preoperative evaluation of endometrial cancer

Tsuyoshi Suga,Yuji Nakamoto,Tsuneo Saga,Tatsuya Higashi,Yasuyo Hamanaka,Mitsuaki Tatsumi,Kohei Hayashida,Tadashi Hara,Ikuo Konishi,Shingo Fujii,Kaori Togashi

Clinical value of FDG-PET for preoperative evaluation of endometrial cancer

2011

Tsuyoshi Suga
Yuji Nakamoto
Tsuneo Saga
Tatsuya Higashi
Yasuyo Hamanaka
Mitsuaki Tatsumi
Kohei Hayashida
Tadashi Hara
Ikuo Konishi
Shingo Fujii
Kaori Togashi

Objective Whole body positron emission tomography (PET) with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been widely used in various malignancies, but the clinical value of FDG-PET for endometrial cancer has not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of FDG-PET for preoperative evaluation of endometrial cancer.

Keywords:

Radiology
Breast cancer
Positron emission tomography
Computed tomography
Endometrial cancer
Fluorodeoxyglucose
Medicine
whole body
clinical value

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