[PET and digestive cancers]

Presse Med. 2008 Feb;37(2 Pt 2):e1-e24. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2007.03.048. Epub 2007 Oct 22.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In digestive oncology, the most frequent indication for FDG PET, in our experience and as reported in the literature, is the localisation of recurrent colorectal cancer. This molecular imaging method has also been shown to be clinically useful in various other settings, especially for preoperative staging, for colorectal, esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatic and biliary cancers. We also report on current PET practice in two particular cancers: hepatocellular carcinoma, for which other tracers, including fluoromethylcholine-(18F), are being currently evaluated, and gastrointestinal endocrine tumours, which are included in the recent French marketing authorisation of fluoroDOPA-(18F) and which are also potential targets for radiolabelled somatostatin analogues for PET imaging.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Digestive System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Digestive System Neoplasms / pathology
  • Digestive System Neoplasms / therapy
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prognosis
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18