Pet in Clinical Oncology

PET in Clinical Oncology describes the use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in the diagnosis and management of malignant tumors. Experts from Germany and the United States present basics, technical details, and clinical aspects for both standard and new PET techniques. The book illustrates the importance of PET in comparison to other imaging techniques.
Generously supplemented with charts, tables, and illustrations, each chapter provides the reader with well-delineated descriptions, from the basic technical situation through the clinical use of PET. This book is helpful to all those dealing with the diagnosis and therapy of cancer.

Keywords: Clinical oncology, Carcinomas, Tumors, Gene therapy, whole-body PET

Contents: Brain Tumors Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma Oral squamous cell carcinoma Testicular cancer Head and neck tumors Prostate cancer Carcinoma of unknown primary Malignant melanoma Thyroid carcinomas Metastatic bone disease Lung cancer Renal cell and urothelial cancer Pancreatic cancer Endocrine/ neuroendocrine tumors Hepatobiliary tumors Breast cancer Colorectal carcinomas Ovarian cancer