title: Monitoring liver tumor therapy with [18F]FDG positron emission tomography.
abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]-2-flurodeoxy-glucose (FDG) can be utilized as a functional imaging modality for monitoring liver tumor therapy. We report three cases in which PET-FDG was more useful for this purpose than other imaging methods and tumor markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akuta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masunaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose