title: [Whole-body tumor staging: MRI or FDG-PET/CT?].
abstract: Technical innovations such as the availability of movable patient platforms and the introduction of 32-channel systems have made whole-body MRI for tumor staging feasible. In addition, the development of dual-modality PET/CT systems offers the opportunity to perform anatometabolic tumor staging with whole-body coverage in a single session. Based on an increase in patient survival when applying a stage-adapted therapy in different malignant diseases the relevant question relates to the accuracies of whole-body MRI and whole-body PET/CT for TNM staging. This review article addresses whole-body tumor staging with MRI and FDG-PET/CT with special emphasis on diagnostic accuracies for staging different malignant diseases.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen. gerald.antoch@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Antoch
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bockisch
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ruehm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18