Whole-Body FDG PET Imaging in Oncology

1. Front Matter

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2. Cholecystis and Biliary Ducts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Recurrent Gallbladder Carcinoma

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      Pages 3-5

   3. Recurrent Klatskin’s Tumor: Peritoneal Carcinosis

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      Pages 7-10

3. Head-Neck

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Parotid Cancer Recurrence and Metachronous Lung Cancer

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      Pages 13-17

   3. Laryngeal Squamous Carcinoma: Staging

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      Pages 19-21

   4. Squamous Neoplasia of the Subglottic Region

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   5. Squamous Ulcerated Carcinoma of the Tongue: Restaging After Chemotherapy

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   6. Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx: Restaging After Surgery and Radiochemotherapy

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      Pages 27-30

   7. Zygomatic Spinalioma and Synchronous Pulmonary Neoplasm

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      Pages 31-34

   8. Bone-Destroying Metastases in Thyroid Undifferentiated Carcinoma

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      Pages 35-39

   9. Post-Actinic Mandibular Fracture in a Patient with a Radio-Treated Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Remission

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      Pages 41-43

   10. Nodal Metastases in Nasal Squamous Carcinoma

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       Pages 45-47

   11. Jugular Ulcerated Cutaneous Spinalioma

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       Pages 49-50

4. Colon-Rectum

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Hepatic Metastases in Rectal Cancer

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      Pages 53-55

   3. Radio-Treated Cancer of the Posterior Hemi-Circumference of the Anal Canal: Post-Actinic Fibrosis

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      Pages 57-59

   4. Liver Metastases in Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Colon: Low Metabolism of FDG

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      Pages 61-62

   5. Hepatic Metastases from Carcinoma of the Transverse Colon: Persistent Disease After Thermal Ablation

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      Pages 63-66

This manual presents a large collection of clinical cases in oncology with accompanying whole-body FDG PET-CT scans. The aim is to promote an integrated approach to the use of PET-CT, and detailed attention is therefore paid to the clinical history and diagnostic question.  A central aspect of every clinical case described in this manual is the guidance on the clinical report, which is the official tool for communicating with both the referring physician and the person undergoing the diagnostic test; for this reason it needs to be clear, understandable, and written in shared language. The advice regarding report preparation is strongly supported by informative PET, CT, and PET-CT fused images of each disease. The book is broadly structured according to anatomic region, and a wide range of common diseases likely to be imaged using PET-CT is covered. This book will be of value to all those training or working in the field of oncology who wish to ensure that they are best placed to contextualize, interpret, and report the findings obtained with PET-CT, which can have such a dramatic impact on prognosis, therapeutic choice, and quality of life.​

• Fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG)
• PET-CT
• nuclear medicine
• oncology

“This book provides to students and experts in nuclear medicine, radiology and oncology, but also to all other clinicians interested in better understanding the clinical role of PET/FDG in oncology, a guidance for the interpretation of the images, which correlate anatomical and functional data. … a clinically valuable report correctly answering the diagnostic query is obtained. … useful for all physicians who are in charge of oncological patients to contextualize, explain and communicate the results obtained with PET/CT … .” (Vania Mallardo, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 42, 2015)

• Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

  Pier Francesco Rambaldi

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