Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: A Brief Review and Pictorial Essay

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly becoming a mainstay in diagnosis and management of many malignant disorders. However, its role in the assessment of gastro-intestinal lesions is still evolving. The aim of this review was to demonstrate the areas, where PET/CT...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Anshul, Ravindra, Shubha G, Singh, Tejesh Pratap, Kumar, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686294
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_208_21
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description Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly becoming a mainstay in diagnosis and management of many malignant disorders. However, its role in the assessment of gastro-intestinal lesions is still evolving. The aim of this review was to demonstrate the areas, where PET/CT is impactful and where it has limitations. This will allow for us to reduce unnecessary investigations and develop methods to overcome the limitations.
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spelling pubmed-98552322023-01-21 Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: A Brief Review and Pictorial Essay Sharma, Anshul Ravindra, Shubha G Singh, Tejesh Pratap Kumar, Rakesh Indian J Nucl Med Pictorial Essay Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly becoming a mainstay in diagnosis and management of many malignant disorders. However, its role in the assessment of gastro-intestinal lesions is still evolving. The aim of this review was to demonstrate the areas, where PET/CT is impactful and where it has limitations. This will allow for us to reduce unnecessary investigations and develop methods to overcome the limitations. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9855232/ /pubmed/36686294 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_208_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: A Brief Review and Pictorial Essay
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