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PET and PET/CT for Pancreatic Malignancies

PET Clinics, 2008
FDG PET imaging is useful for preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer in whom CT fails to identify a discrete tumor mass or in whom FNAs are nondiagnostic. FDG PET imaging is useful for M staging and restaging by detecting CT occult metastatic disease, allowing noncurative resection to be avoided in ...
Dominique, Delbeke, William H, Martin
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PET, PET/CT, and PET/MR Imaging Assessment of Breast Cancer

PET Clinics, 2008
This review focuses mainly on clinical applications of PET/CT in patients with breast cancer. It discusses the role of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) PET/CT (and FDG PET) in the diagnosis and initial staging of breast cancer, in monitoring the response of disease to chemotherapy, and in identifying metastatic and recurrent disease. In addition,
Shamim, Ahmed Shamim, Drew A, Torigian, Rakesh, Kumar   +2 more
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PET and PET/CT in Radiotherapy

2008
Many aspects have to be considered in planning, applying, and following up radiotherapy procedures. This field poses a major challenge for diagnostic techniques. The first goal in the definition of multimodal oncological therapy concepts is to identify the patients who benefit from a definitive or adjuvant radiotherapy.
S, Könemann, M, Weckesser
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[PET] 4. PET/MRI

Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology, 2023
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Pets and Health

Psychological Reports, 1998
Beneficial and adverse effects of pets for individuals in a wide range of circumstances have been reported. Nevertheless, well-designed unbiased experiments and long-term follow-up studies are needed. Pets appear to be therapeutic for some individuals and deleterious for others. The controversies concerning the effects of pets on health merit objective
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From PET to PET/CT

2012
In the decade since the previous edition of this chapter was written, positron emission tomography (PET), and more recently PET/computed tomography (CT), has continued to grow in prominence within the field of nuclear medicine imaging. Surveys conducted by the market research firm IVM (Greenbelt, MD) show an average annual increase of 10.4 % in the ...
Osama Mawlawi, Richard Wendt, Wai-Hoi Gary Wong   +2 more
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PET and PET-CT of Lung Cancer

2011
Accurate staging is essential to offer the patient the most effective available treatment and the best estimate of prognosis. In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), surgical resection offers the best chance of cure in the early stages, either alone or in combination with chemo- or radiotherapy at the more advanced stages. However, many patients present
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Diagnostic Imaging: PET/CT(PET)

2020
PET (Positron-Emission Tomography) has a unique feature that is visualized “metabolic activities” of cell, or tissue. Malignant tumors including esophageal cancers usually show hypermetabolism of glucose to be depicted clearly by using FDG-PET.
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Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in pets living with COVID‐19 owners diagnosed during the COVID‐19 lockdown in Spain: A case of an asymptomatic cat with SARS‐CoV‐2 in Europe

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2021
Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo, Aránzazu Portillo, Ana M. Palomar   +2 more
exaly  

Traveling with pets: Constraints, negotiation, and learned helplessness

Tourism Management, 2021
Tianyu Ying, Jingyi Tang, Jun Wen
exaly