Recommendations on the Use of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET in Oncology

Journal of Nuclear Medicine, The,  March, 2008  by Avril, Norbert; Coleman, R Edward; Delbeke, Dominique; Djulbegovic, Benjamin; Einhorn, Lawrence H; Gorman, Mark; Lowe, Val J; Lyman, Gary H; Paschold, John Christopher; Samson, David; Siegel, Barry A; Soares, Heloisa P; Suh, W Warren; Wahl, Richard; Fletcher, James W

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The rationale was to develop recommendations on the use of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET in breast, colorectal, esophageal, head and neck, lung, pancreatic, and thyroid cancer; lymphoma, melanoma, and sarcoma; and unknown primary tumor. Outcomes of interest included the use of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET for diagnosin

g, staging, and detecting the recurrence or progression of cancer. Methods: A search was performed to identify all published randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews in the literature. An additional search was performed to identify relevant unpublished systematic reviews. These publicatio

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