During the past decade the clinical value of PET imaging has been investigated for many
different tumors. As knowledge of the advantages and limitations of this modality increased, …

Resectional surgery offers a curative intent and a survival benefit for patients with hilar
cholangiocarcinoma, but is associated with high morbidity. Since morphological imaging cannot …

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a diagnostic challenge, because the cause of such fever
may be manifold. Studies on the use of positron emission tomography (PET) using 18 F-…

FDG PET is increasingly performed in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who present
with elevated human thyroglobulin (hTG) levels and negative 131 I scan. The aim of this …

The management of patients presenting with metastases of unknown primary origin remains
a clinical challenge despite a large variety of imaging modalities. The aim of this study was …

… Author links open overlay panel Fritscher-Ravens Annette MD a , Bohuslavizki Karl H. MD,
PhD b , Brandt Lars a , Bobrowski Christoph MD c , Lund Christian MD d , Knofel W. Trudo …

Purpose The value of 18 FDG-PET to predict the outcome after therapy in Hodgkin's
lymphoma was compared to morphologic staging and ESR Patients and methods A total of 50 …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical use of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) on the basis of …

Objective: Uptake of 99mTc-pertechnetate in salivary glands reflects intact salivary gland
parenchyma. However, no standardized protocol for an accurate quantification of parenchymal …

The presence of distant metastases is the main prognostic factor in patients with breast
cancer and has a significant influence in the choice of therapy. Therefore, chest X-ray, bone …