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Impact of whole-body (18)F-FDG PET on staging and managing patients for radiation therapy
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The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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January 1, 2003
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Whole-body PET with ^sup 18^F-FDG has proven to be a very effective imaging modality for staging of malignant tumors. This study was performed to evaluate the impact of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET on staging and managing patients for radiation therapy. Methods: The treatment records of 202 consecutive patients (98 male, 104 female; mean age, 56.9 y; age range, 8-91 y) with different malignant tumors were reviewed. Radiation therapy was intended for all patients. The diagnoses were head and neck tumors (n = 55), gynecologic tumors (n = 28), breast cancer (n = 28), lung cancer (n = 26), malignant lymphomas (n = 24), tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (n = 18), and others (n = 23). Whole-body PET was ...
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