title: A case of colon cancer detected by carbon-11 choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography: an initial report.
abstract: [C-11] choline positron emission tomography ([C-11] choline PET) has been expected to be one of the new PET modalities similar to [F-18] fuluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), which has spread worldwide as a gold standard of PET oncologic imaging. However, there has been no report on [C-11] choline PET used for detection of colorectal cancer, which is one of major targets of oncologic FDG-PET. We initiated the research to investigate the detectability of [C-11] choline PET for various tumors including colorectal cancer. This is the first report of a patient who underwent surgical resection for advanced colon cancer depicted by [C-11] choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Screening, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, 104-0045, Tokyo, Japan. tterauch@ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terauchi
authors.forename: Ukihide
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kanou
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daisaki
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakizoe
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002794:Choline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; C447081:methyl carbon-11 choline; D002794:Choline