CHARACTERIZATION OF RECURRENT THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL MALIGNANCIES WITH COMBINED POSITRON-EMISSION AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Keywords:
совмещенная ПЭТ/КТ
18-фтордезоксиглюкоза
рецидив злокачественных опухолей
рак легкого
рак молочной железы
рак пищевода и желудка
колоректальный рак
лимфома
positron-emission and computed tomography
18-fluorodeoxyglucose
lung cancer
breast cancer
gastroesophageal cancer
colorectal cancer
lymphoma
recurrent disease
Abstract
In our study 494 patients with recurrent lung, breast, gastrointestinal malignancies and lymphomas were examined using combined positron-emission and computed scanner. During this investigation patterns of metastases in different tumors were determined. It was shown that using positron-emission and computed tomography can provide more effective determination of recurrent disease in patients with thoracic and gastrointestinal malignancies. Combined positron-emission and computed tomography must be used for monitoring these patients for opportune development of recurrences
