Long Axial Field-of-View PET/CT Could Answer Unmet Needs in Gynecological Cancers.

ABSTRACT: Gynecological malignancies currently affect about 3.5 million women all over the world. Imaging of uterine, cervical, vaginal, ovarian, and vulvar cancer still presents several unmet needs when using conventional modalities such as ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance, and standard positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Some of the current diagnostic limitations are represented by differential diagnosis between inflammatory and cancerous findings, detection of peritoneal carcinomatosis and metastases <1 cm, detection of cancer-associated vascular complications, effective assessment of post-therapy changes, as well as bone metabolism and osteoporosis assessment. As a result of recent advances in PET/CT instrumentation, new systems now offer a long-axial field-of-view (LA

SUBMITTER: Triumbari EKA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10177015 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature