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Schlussfolgerung und Empfehlung Durch das Update haben sich insgesamt vor allem Konkretisierungen bzw. Die Gesamtempfehlungen bzw. These recommendations are based on a weak evidence base. This is mainly due to a lack of evidence. All the chapters are well written and the accuracy of information is impressive Organized efficiently to enable rapid reference to key concepts, this concise text is ideal for residents and practitioners in radiology, nuclear medicine, oncology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine technology.

Presents clear, practical guidance from multiple experts across subspecialties: nuclear medicine, oncology, oncologic surgery, radiation oncology, and clinical research. Helps to reveal positive outcomes or potential deficits or weaknesses in an individual plan of care, allowing for better outcomes in patient care, future cancer research, and application of radiotracers beyond 18F-FDG. In many cases, however, for example in head and neck tumors, combination with radiological procedures is necessary.

It may be speculated that PET should be the first study in a malignant tumor when metastatic spread is suspected. MRI and CT may then be restricted to those body areas which evince sites of increased glucose metabolism. Thus, a combination of metabolic and morphologic procedures will enhance tumor detection and change the therapeutic strategy. This book presents an overview of the available data which should be of great interest not only for specialists in radiology and nuclear medicine, but also for oncologists.

Although PET has evolved into a diagnostic modality of prime importance in oncology with the radiotracer FFDG it was originally envisioned to image and diagnose diseases of the brain and the heart. Lack or limited experience in PET may result in an erroneous interpretation of the findings in this sensitive imaging modality.

The existence of various rare cancers has resulted in scanty if not a lack of knowledge about the usefulness of PET in these interesting albeit uncommon maladies. The patient was treated by a combination of surgery, radiation, and temozolomide chemotherapy: A and B, After surgery and radiation 60 Gy positron-emitting tomography PET indicates small parts of remaining active tumor tissue and T2 indicates posttherapy tissue changes.

C and D, 8 months later after another surgical intervention, PET indicates more extensive active tumor tissue; therefore, chemotherapy was initiated. B, D, and F, tumor volume TV is marked white with red border. Laukamp et al 9 Figure 6. Volumetric analysis of year-old woman with glioblastoma IV during therapy as depicted in Figure 5. A, Positron-emitting tomography PET indicates residual tumor activity; the volume difference to T2 is most likely due to radiation necrosis and surgery scars.

C, After 8 cycles of chemotherapy PET becomes negative as indication of response to therapy. A and D, Patient after surgery and radiation 60 Gy. B and E, 8 months later after another surgical intervention. C and F, 7 months later after 8 cycles of temozolomide. It should be pointed sis,6,8,17,18 and differentiate progression against stable dis- out that with FET-PET, the kinetic analysis is being used to ease.

Malignant parts, missed during surgery, will lead to Our data demonstrate that a quantitative volume analysis of tumor recurrence which impacts survival. The TTS improved the accuracy of prediction in the tion. It should be taken into necrosis by MRI is not satisfactory. However, it routine clinical application. Combining PET and MRI should be noted that one of the limitations of this study is the improves the delineation of the tumor extent and activity as absence of multiple stereotactic histopathological specimens of prerequisite for appropriate surgery and radiotherapy, allows each of the abnormal imaging areas.

In the patient group which received surgery only, WHO tumor types and grades. In line with current Acknowledgments reviews and a meta-analysis,4,,10,33 these results indicate that The authors dedicate this manuscript specifically to our fine colleague, combined PET and MR imaging will help in the differentiation Delia Fahrendorf, who suddenly passed away in a tragedy in Decem- between tumor recurrence and therapy-related changes. The authors thank her for her contribution to this work.

The The gold standard for therapy decisions is histology. The mas are heterogeneous and biopsies may miss its most malig- authors also thank Anne Kanzog for the transfer of PET and MR nant parts. The examinations were conducted in partial fulfillment heterogeneity enabling imaging-guided stereotactic biopsy.

Using the TV generated by Voreen, we could create binary logistic regression models that were able to differentiate Declaration of Conflicting Interests between LGG and HGG and between tumor types in a sub- The author s declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to group of 26 patients.

Neuroimaging in patients has been performed, emphasize the value of patient-tailored, with gliomas. Semin Neurol ;28 4 — The WHO classi- tion of tumor extent and distinction between therapy-induced fication of tumours of the central nervous system.

Acta Neuro- tissue changes and active tumor tissue. The aim to include all pathol. Incidence of glioma in limitation, as it leads to a heterogeneous patient cohort. There- a northwestern region of England, Neuro Oncol. Multimodality assessment of relevant. J Nucl Med. Our — Paulus W, Peiffer J.

Intratumoral histologic heterogeneity of glio- the clinical situation, a voxel-wise comparison between ima- mas. In contrast to other oncologic imaging texts focusing on the radiology of specific tumors, this book emphasizes the important fundamentals of imaging that every child with a new or treated malignancy receives. Additional nuclear medicine techniques are addressed, and detailed attention is paid to more advanced areas of practice such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound, pediatric interventional radiology techniques, radiation treatment planning, and radiation dose considerations ALARA.

Other areas covered include screening of children with cancer predisposition syndromes, treatment related complications, potential pitfalls during neuro-oncologic imaging, and the risks and benefits inherent in post-therapy surveillance imaging. The aim is to employ a truly systematic approach in order to define the potential clinical benefit of these modalities and to identify shortcomings, opportunities, and threats.

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Detailed information is provided on both its principal oncologic applications and its most important non-oncologic applications, such as assessment of cardiac disease, neurodegenerative brain imaging, and imaging of inflammatory disease. An individual chapter is also devoted to pediatric imaging. The editors and authors are all well-known specialists in the field, with high levels of expertise in clinical applications and excellent publication records.

The book will be of value for all residents and consultants in radiology and nuclear medicine who have a dedicated interest in hybrid imaging. The cases in this book focus on the use of this technique in the diagnosis of oncologic, neurologic, cardiovascular, infectious and inflammatory, and pediatric diseases. It expands the discussion of oncologic applications of this modality through a variety of cases that highlight staging, treatment response, and follow up.

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