title: Development of oncology protocol using fluorine-18-FDG: one center's experience.
abstract: The major types of cancer studied at the authors' facility were colorectal (107 patients), head and neck (122 patients), gastric/esophageal (57 patients), lung (59 patients) and lymphoma (26 patients). This article presents guidelines and techniques for obtaining optimal PET studies. The authors devised these guidelines through trial and error and hope that by sharing them other facilities can avoid unnecessary mistakes and achieve better quality studies more efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galantowicz
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Nabi
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D015902:Gamma Cameras; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011340:Problem Solving; D011786:Quality Control; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018787:Radiation Oncology; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose