Nuclear medical methods for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer: positron emission tomography.
The functional imaging approach of nuclear medicine offers important information for the characterization of a tumor's pathobiology. In oncology, positron emission tomography (PET) especially has had great impact on the staging of tumor patients and the assessment of therapy. Both the development of new, tumor-specific, tracers and the introduction of by software- and hardware-driven image fusion emphasize the potential of this modality for an all-embracing diagnostic modality.
Amthauer
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Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Klinik für Strahlenheilkunde, Germany.
Ruf
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D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009683:Nuclear Medicine; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*