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  • Title: Staging and follow-up of gastrointestinal tumors with PET/CT.
    Author: Rosenbaum SJ, Stergar H, Antoch G, Veit P, Bockisch A, Kühl H.
    Journal: Abdom Imaging; 2006; 31(1):25-35. PubMed ID: 16333707.
    Abstract:
    Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging modality that has been documented to be useful in patient care. Oncologic PET imaging is used for a wide variety of neoplasms, mainly for staging and follow-up, differentiation of equivocal morphologic findings, therapy stratification, and monitoring. Because PET imaging is based on the physiologically mediated distribution of the administered tracer but not on anatomic information, the addition of computed tomography (CT) to PET may improve the interpretation of PET. Combined PET and CT offers several potential advantages over PET alone that may influence the clinical routine. PET/CT was introduced into clinical use only 3 years ago and has found widespread application within only 1 to 2 years. This article summarizes preliminary data of clinical applications for PET/CT in gastrointestinal tumors.
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