title: Value of PET/CT in the management of primary hepatobiliary tumors, part 2.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Primary hepatobiliary malignancies consist of hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder cancer. Benign hepatic lesions include hepatic cysts, hemagiomas, adenomas, and focal nodular hyperplasias. The utility of PET/CT in imaging primary hepatobiliary lesions varies according to the type and location of the lesion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a consistent benefit to the use of PET/CT for detection and staging, and it ultimately helps to establish the best course of treatment and to determine prognosis. In addition, PET/CT is very useful in local ablative and systemic therapy assessment and surveillance for hepatobiliary malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Peller
authors.forename: Devaki S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Surasi
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chatburn
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: Rathan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18