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Review
. 2009 Jan;50(1):88-99.
doi: 10.2967/jnumed.108.054205.

18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in the evaluation of cancer treatment response

Simona Ben-Haim  1 , Peter Ell
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18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in the evaluation of cancer treatment response

Simona Ben-Haim et al. J Nucl Med. 2009 Jan.
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Abstract

Multimodality imaging, as represented by its greatest exponent, PET/CT, has a firm place in the evaluation of a patient presenting with cancer. With 18F-FDG, PET/CT is rapidly becoming the key investigative tool for the staging and assessment of cancer recurrence. In the last 5 y, PET/CT has also gained widespread acceptance as a key tool used to demonstrate early response to intervention and therapy. In this setting, a major clinical need is being addressed with 18F-FDG PET/CT, because of its inherent ability to demonstrate (before other markers of response) if disease modification has occurred. This review presents available evidence to this effect.

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