Effect of 18F-FDG PET in oesophageal cancer patients with early recurrence lesions
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 10:14
in Health & Medicine
In the initial staging of oesophageal cancer, preoperative PET scan may be useful in detecting additional cases of metastatic disease before costly and toxic definitive therapy. Currently, 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT also seem to be the best available tools for neoadjuvant therapy response assessment in oesophageal cancer. However, the utility and limitation of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with oesophageal cancer treated by surgical resection and post operation radiation is not clear...
