title: [Perspective for imaging of tumor metabolism].
abstract: FDG-PET has become one of the golden standard of oncologic imaging representing glucose metabolism. Recent investigations demonstrated clinical value of several new tracers targeting for brain tumor, hypoxic cell, and proliferative cell where FDG-PET have showed limitation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, International Medical Center of Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yukihiro
authors.forename: Kimiteru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18