PET/CT in cancer : an interdisciplinary approach to individualized imaging /

Edited, authored, and reviewed by an expert team of oncologists and nuclear physicians/radiologists, this one-of-a-kind title helps you make the most of the critical role PET/CT plays in cancer staging and therapeutic responses to individualized treatments. Drs. Mohsen Beheshti, Werner Langsteger, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Beheshti, Mohsen (Editor), Langsteger, Werner (Editor), Rezaee, Alireza (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging; PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging; Copyright; Contributors; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1
  • Head and Neck Cancers; BACKGROUND; General; Early Clinical Symptoms9; Standard Diagnostic Procedures10; Standard Treatment11-13; Prognostic Factors13-15; Five-Year Survival16; TUMOR CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL BEHAVIOR; Histopathology2,17; N-lymph nodes2; M-distant metastasis2; TNM CLASSIFICATION13,19; Guidelines; EVIDENCE-BASED VIEWPOINTS; COST-EFFECTIVENESS.
  • CLINICAL POINT OF VIEWPITFALLS31-35; False Positive; False Negative; DISCUSSION; TEACHING CASES; Case 1: Staging, Laryngeal Cancer; Case 2: Staging, SCC, Base of the Tongue; Case 3: Staging, Sinus Piriform Cancer; Case 4: Cancer of Unknown Primary; Case 5: Staging, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma; Case 6: Staging, Tonsillar Cancer With Incidental Second Cancer; Case 7: Staging, Oropharyngeal Cancer, Myelodysplastic Syndrome; Case 8: HNSCC, Recurrence; Case 9: Therapy Monitoring, Nasopharyngeal Cancer; Case 10: Staging and Restaging Rhabdomyosarcoma; REFERENCES; 2
  • Lung Cancer; BACKGROUND; General1.
  • Clinical Signs/Symptoms6Primary Diagnostic Procedures7-12; Standard Treatments13-26; Non-small cell lung cancer; Prognostic Factors27-33; Non-small cell lung cancer; Small cell lung cancer; TUMOR CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL BEHAVIOR; Histopathology1; N-lymph nodes; M-distant metastasis; TNM CLASSIFICATION34,35; Primary Tumor (T); Regional Lymph Nodes (N); Distant Metastasis (M); GUIDELINES; EVIDENCE-BASED VIEWPOINTS; COST-EFFECTIVENESS46,54-56; CLINICAL POINT OF VIEW; Suspected Disease; Initial Diagnosis; Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Small Cell Lung Cancer.
  • Suspected Recurrence After Potentially Curative TherapyMetastatic Disease; Response to Therapy; PITFALLS57-59; False Positive; False Negative; DISCUSSION; Solitary Pulmonary Nodules; Staging Lung Cancer; Prognostic Value; Therapy Monitoring; Detection of Tumor Burden and Planning for Radiation Therapy; Comparison With Other Modalities; Radiopharmaceuticals Beyond FDG; CONCLUSION; TEACHING CASES; Case 1: Staging at SCLC; Case 2: Staging NSCLC-Early Detection of Distant Metastases; Case 3: Staging NSCLC-Atypical Distant Metastases; Case 4: Staging NSCLC-Atypical Distant Metastases.
  • Case 5: Staging Lung Cancer-Guiding Biopsy and RadiotherapyCase 6: Staging SCLC-Differentiation of Limited From Extended Stage; Case 7: NSCLC-Recurrence; Case 8: Mesothelioma-Treatment Monitoring; Case 9: Talc Pleurodesis; Case 10: Carcinoid Tumor-Very Low FDG-Avid Malignancies; REFERENCES; 3
  • Breast Cancer; BACKGROUND; General1,2; Early Clinical Symptoms1,3; Primary Diagnostic Procedures1,4; Standard Treatment5; Prognostic Factors6; Five-Year Survival7; TUMOR CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL BEHAVIOR; Histopathology8; Distribution and Localization9-11; N-lymph nodes; T-primary.