[Role of [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the initial detection, staging, search for recurrences and restaging of gynaecological and breast cancers]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2005 Jun;33(6):371-81. doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2005.01.005.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is a new metabolic imaging modality that is becoming accessible in France. Many centers have been or will be equipped soon. The indications of PET-FDG have been established in various settings in some oncology pathologies such as lymphoma or lung cancer, but not in gynaecological and breast cancers. Therefore, we aimed to precise the interest of PET-FDG to detect, stage and restage the cancers of breast, ovary, cervix and uterus by reviewing the recent publications.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female / diagnostic imaging*
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female / pathology
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18