title: Nuclear medicine for imaging of epithelial ovarian cancer.
abstract: Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Usually, the diagnosis of cancer at an early stage is important to facilitate proper treatment and survival. Nuclear medicine has been successfully used in the diagnosis, staging, therapy and monitoring of cancers. Single-photon emission computed tomography and PET-based companion imaging agents are in development for use as a companion diagnostic tool for patients with ovarian cancer. The present review discusses the basic and clinical studies related to the use of radiopharmaceuticals in the diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer, focusing on their utility and comparing them with other imaging techniques such as computed tomography and MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Abedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mardanshahi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Roza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shahhosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.|Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Jalal
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hosseinimehr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077216:Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; D006801:Humans; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
keywords: diagnosis; epithelial ovarian cancer; imaging; nuclear medicine; radiopharmaceutical