[The role of PET scan in the diagnosis of malignant melanoma].
Comprehensive, accurate staging has a critical role in planning rational treatment strategies for patients with malignant melanoma (MM). In the present study the authors investigate the value of FDG PET in staging and restaging based on the investigation of 37 high-risk MM patients and compare the results with the one obtained by conventional imaging techniques (X-ray, US, CT, MR and bone scan). Thirty-nine whole body PET scans were carried out. The authors concluded that FDG PET had the highest sensitivity among the imaging methods in detecting distant metastases of MM.
Hunyadi
János
J
Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Bórgyógyászati Klinika, Debrecen. hunyadi@jaguar.dote.hu
Szakáll
Szabolcs
S
Gilde
Katalin
K
Bégány
Agnes
A
Esik
Olga
O
Trón
Lajos
L
Galuska
László
L
Ocsai
Henriette
H
Török
László
L
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18