Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and PET/CT in Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/CT are functional imaging methods that are widely used in diagnostic procedures in oncology.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to assess the patient-relevant benefit of PET or PET/CT in patients with thyroid cancer based on a literature review and meta-analysis.

Methods

A systematic review including studies that had been published until December 2013 was performed. To be included, studies had to prospectively investigate patients with thyroid cancer in a clinical setting of staging, restaging, or diagnosing tumour recurrence.

Results

Out of 3,506 potentially relevant articles, 29 studies were included. No study directly evaluated the benefits of PET. Twenty-eight studies dealt with the diagnostic ac

SUBMITTER: Schutz F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5836193 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature