title: Comparison of fluorine-18-2-fluorodeoxyglucose and gallium-67 citrate imaging for detection of lymphoma.
abstract: Patients with lymphomas are conventionally imaged with [67Ga]citrate for tumor detection and determination of dissemination. Fluorine-18-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose [( 18F]FDG) is a radiopharmaceutical that accumulates into tissues where glucose utilization is enhanced, such as tumors. Six cancer patients (five non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, one endodermal retroperitoneal sinus carcinoma) were imaged with [18F]FDG and [67Ga]citrate whole-body scintigraphies in order to compare the sensitivities of these two tumor imaging radiopharmaceuticals. Among the five untreated lymphoma patients, two 67Ga scans and four [18F]FDG scans were positive; in the patient with the retroperitoneal carcinoma who had a positive [18F]FDG scan before treatment, both scans were negative after treatment. Fluorine-18 FDG may be a more sensitive tumor-detecting radiopharmaceutical for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than [67Ga]citrate.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005461:Fluorine; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005461:Fluorine; D003847:Deoxyglucose