title: [The role of PET scan in the diagnosis of malignant melanoma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Bórgyógyászati Klinika, Debrecen. hunyadi@jaguar.dote.hu
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunyadi
authors.forename: Szabolcs
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szakáll
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gilde
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bégány
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Esik
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trón
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galuska
authors.forename: Henriette
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ocsai
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Török
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18