| Literature DB >> 25029933 |
Emmanouil Panagiotidis1, Jamshed Bomanji2.
Abstract
The most widely used PET radiopharmaceutical in daily clinical practice is (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). The evaluation of glycolytic metabolism by (18)F-FDG is potentially useful in identifying high-risk patients with aggressive neuroendocrine disease associated with a poor outcome. Although the use of new somatostatin analogues labeled with 68-Gallium for PET has significantly increased the sensitivity of NET imaging compared with single photon emission computed tomography and (18)F-FDG-PET, (18)F-FDG may retain an important role in managing patients with NETs owing to its high prognostic value and its higher sensitivity in delineating disease extent, especially in aggressive and high-grade tumors.Entities:
Keywords: (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); Imaging; Neuroendocrine tumors (NET); Positron emission tomography (PET); Prognosis
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Year: 2013 PMID: 25029933 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2013.08.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PET Clin ISSN: 1556-8598