title: [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/Computed Tomography in Gastrointestinal Malignancies.
abstract: This article discusses the current state-of-the-art application of 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-d-glucose (FDG)-PET and FDG-PET/computed tomography (CT) in the management of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. Gastrointestinal malignancies include many different cell types, several common malignancies of which may be imaged by FDG-PET/CT. This review focuses on gastric carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, and stroma cell tumors. The role of FDG-PET/CT in staging these malignancies is discussed, in addition to (re)staging, detection of recurrent disease, patient selection/prognostication, and response assessment, using the currently available literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maarten L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Donswijk
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ties
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mulders
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.lam@umcutrecht.nl.
authors.forename: Marnix G E H
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: GI; Gastrointestinal; Malignancy; PET/CT; [(18)F]Fluorodeoxyglucose