Imaging guidelines for children with Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group Bone Tumor Committee

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Aug;51(2):163-70. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21596.

Abstract

The Children's Oncology Group (COG) is a multi-institutional cooperative group dedicated to childhood cancer research that has helped to increase the survival of children with cancer through clinical trials. These clinical trials include a standardized regimen of imaging examinations performed prior to, during, and following therapy. This article presents imaging guidelines developed by a multidisciplinary group from the COG Bone Tumor Committee. These guidelines provide both required and recommended studies. Recommended examinations may become required in the future. These guidelines should be considered a work in progress that will evolve with advances in imaging and childhood cancer research.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Child
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18