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Review
. 2015 Oct;116(4):538-45.
doi: 10.1111/bju.12988. Epub 2015 May 25.

Evolving role of positron emission tomography (PET) in urological malignancy

Sebastian Mafeld  1 , Nikhil Vasdev  2   3 , Amit Patel  3 , Tamir Ali  1 , Timothy Lane  3 , Gregory Boustead  3 , Andrew C Thorpe  2 , James M Adshead  3 , Philip Haslam  1
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Evolving role of positron emission tomography (PET) in urological malignancy

Sebastian Mafeld et al. BJU Int. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

We present a review on the increasing indications for the use of positron emission tomography (PET) in uro-oncology. In this review we describe the details of the different types of PET scans, indications for requesting PET scans in specific urological malignancy and the interpretation of the results.

Keywords: indication; positron emission tomography (PET); urological malignancy.

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