Nuclear Medicine and its promising applications in gynecological cancers.

Nuclear Medicine and its promising applications in gynecological cancers. Hell J Nucl Med. 2016 Mar 1; Authors: Lioupis M, Syrmos NC Abstract Nuclear medicine is defined as: "the scientific and clinical discipline in which free radionuclides and radionuclide compounds, redistributed in vivo or in vitro by physical or chemical mechanisms, are used for diagnostic, therapeutic or investigative purposes". It seems that the above definition of Nuclear Medicine well includes the fact that Nuclear Medicine embraces into very important areas such as molecular imaging, cellular imaging and tissue imaging. Related to the interesting papers of Çerçi S. S. et al in HJNM, we may additionally state the following: During the last decade much research has drawn attention to the role of nuclear medicine as a promising modality in gynecology. (18)F-FDG PET/CT highlighted its useful role in gynecological imaging, especially, for the investigation of gynecological cancers. In high grade endometrial cancer, (18)F-FDG PET/CT accurately detected distant metastases in the abdomen and extra-abdominal regions and the above findings influenced patients' management. (18)F-FDG PET/CT also performed better than conventional imaging (pelvis US, CT, MRI ) in detecting recurrence in post-therapy patients with endometrial carcinoma. In regard to primary ovarian cancer, PET/CT was found to be superior to pelvis US, abdomino-pelvic CT and pelvic MRI for the diagnosis...
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research