POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

D. V. Ryzhkova; V. L. Vinokurov; V. S. Pavlova; M. V. Rogachev

Сибирский онкологический журнал (Feb 2016)

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

D. V. Ryzhkova,
V. L. Vinokurov,
V. S. Pavlova,
M. V. Rogachev

Affiliations

D. V. Ryzhkova: Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies, St-Petersburg
V. L. Vinokurov: Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies, St-Petersburg
V. S. Pavlova: V.A. Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre, St-Petersburg
M. V. Rogachev: N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 0, no. 2
pp. 77 – 83

Abstract

Read online

The literature review is devoted to the analysis of radiopharmaceutical agents and the efficiency of positron emission tomography (PET) for diagnosis, evaluation of tumor spread and assessment of treatment response in patients with gynecological cancer. Diagnostic value of PET using18F-fluorodeoxyglucose was demonstrated in the diagnosis of primary tumor, assessment of the extent of tumor involvement and treatment response in patients with cancer of the cervix and body of the uterus, ovaries and vulva.

Published in Сибирский онкологический журнал

ISSN: 1814-4861 (Print); 2312-3168 (Online)
Publisher: Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk National Research Medical Center
Country of publisher: Russian Federation
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: http://www.siboncoj.ru/jour

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords