title: Utilization of FDG PET/CT in the Management of Inflammation and Infection in Patients with Malignancies.
abstract: [(18)F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/computed tomography has become an established modality. High-resolution PET images are superior to those provided by most single-photon-emitting tracers. Apart from its value for diagnosing and restaging malignancies, PET is increasingly used to detect associated infectious and inflammatory conditions in oncology patients. Infectious and inflammatory conditions commonly have a lower degree of FDG uptake compared with malignant lesions. In recent years the usefulness of FDG PET in differentiating coexisting infections in patients with malignancy has received only limited attention in the literature and requires further development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Yuejian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA.
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Codreanu