title: Clinical applications of (18)F-FDG in oncology.
abstract: PET has emerged as a powerful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of cancer patients. Currently, most of these studies are performed with the glucose analog (18)F-FDG, which has been shown to accumulate avidly in most tumors. (18)F-FDG PET is now routinely used in the diagnosis, staging, and posttherapy evaluation of oncologic patients. After reading this paper, the reader should understand the physiologic basis of using (18)F-FDG in patients with different tumors, describe the role of this radiopharmaceutical in the management of oncologic patients, and identify those malignancies for which (18)F-FDG has proved to be effective in diagnosis and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA. hani@nucmed.buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Hani A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Nabi
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zubeldia
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18