Apr 24, 2023 · This activity reviews the biochemical basis, indications, technique, and clinical significance of PET/CT, highlighting the interprofessional team's role in evaluating and treating …

Several recent studies have shown that fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) can be used to detect local recurrence and distant metastases of thyroid …

A PET scan can be useful if your thyroid cancer doesn’t take up radioactive iodine. In this situation, the PET scan may be able to tell whether the cancer has spread.

In patients with suspected recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer, meta-analysis showed higher sensitivity of PET (89.7%, CI 78–99%) and PET/CT (94.3%, CI 87–97%) compared with …

May 21, 2014 · The role of PET-CT scan with somatostatin analogue labelled with gallium-68 (Ga-DOTA-TATE PET-CT) in diagnosing patients with disseminated medullary thyroid carcinoma …

Currently, whole-body PET-CT is approved for use in assessing suspected recurrence of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) in patients with radioiodine-negative scans and …

Aug 16, 2022 · PET-CT plays a significant role in the follow-up of thyroid cancer patients who have undergone surgical treatment. An elevated serum thyroglobulin level and negative …

Using radiolabeled glucose (18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose, FDG) and special imaging scans (positron emission tomography, PET and computerized tomography, CT), cancer can be …

Positron-emission-tomography (PET) scans: a nuclear medicine imaging test that uses a small amount of radiolabeled glucose to identify cancer. Since cancer cells are more active than …

Aug 27, 2012 · The role of novel PET tracers such as 18F-dihydroxyphenylalanine and 68 Ga-DOTA-NOC/ 68 Ga-DOTA-TATE in medullary thyroid carcinoma and use of 124 I in …