In this issue of PET Clinics, guest editor Dr. Rakesh Kumar brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Applications of FDG-PET Imaging in the Management of Patients with Various Malignancies. This issue is the second of four that describes the revolutionary impact of FDG-PET on the day-to-day practice of medicine during the past five decades. Top experts discuss key topics in the areas imaging metabolically active tumors and providing both functional and anatomic information to guide cancer management.
- Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including FDG-PET in lung cancer: from staging to therapy response; breast cancer: diagnosis (PEM) to assessing treatment response; head and neck cancers; melanoma and soft-tissue sarcoma; pancreatic and hepatobiliary tumors; FDG-PET in childhood cancers; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on applications of FDG-PET imaging in the management of patients with various malignancies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
