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Review
. 2011 Apr;25(3):155-64.
doi: 10.1007/s12149-010-0449-8. Epub 2010 Nov 27.

Present and future of FDG-PET/CT in ovarian cancer

Kazuhiro Kitajima  1 , Koji Murakami, Setsu Sakamoto, Yasushi Kaji, Kazuro Sugimura
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Present and future of FDG-PET/CT in ovarian cancer

Kazuhiro Kitajima et al. Ann Nucl Med. 2011 Apr.

Abstract

Integrated FDG-PET/CT has been used successfully for the diagnosis, staging, restaging, therapy monitoring and prognostic prediction of ovarian cancer as well as various other malignant tumors. Compared with conventional PET/non-contrast CT images, combined PET/contrast-enhanced CT images with intravenous iodine contrast medium and sufficient radiation dose may contribute to a more accurate diagnosis with higher confidence. In the future, tracers other than FDG and integrated PET/MRI will be realized. We herein review the place and role of FDG-PET/CT in the management of ovarian cancer, discussing its usefulness and limitations in the imaging of these patients.

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