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PET/CT imaging in cancer: current applications and future directions

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Farwell, Michael D., Pryma, Daniel A., Mankoff, David A.·2014·Cancer

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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a radiotracer imaging method that yields quantitative images of regional in vivo biology and biochemistry. PET, now used in conjunction with computed tomography (CT) in PET/CT devices, has had its greatest impact to date on cancer and is now an important part of oncologic clinical practice and translational cancer research. In this review of current applications and future directions for PET/CT in cancer, the authors first highlight the basic principles of PET followed by a discussion of the biochemistry and current clinical applications of the most commonly used PET imaging agent, 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). Then, emerging methods for PET imaging of other biologic processes relevant to cancer are reviewed, including cellular proliferation, tumor hypoxia, apoptosis, amino acid and cell membrane metabolism, and imaging of tumor receptors and other tumor‐specific gene products. The focus of the review is on methods in current clinical practice as well as those that have been translated to patients and are currently in clinical trials. Cancer 2014;120:3433–3445. © 2014 American Cancer Society.

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  • Glucose uptake by cancer cells has been successfully exploited via FDG-PET imaging to stage cancers and assess response to therapy.

    “Despite challenges associated with targeting glucose metabolism directly, glucose uptake by cancer cells has been successfully exploited in patients through the use of the fluoro-deoxyglucose positron-emission-tomography (FDG-PET) imaging to stage cancers and assess response to therapy (d’Amico, 2015; Farwell et al., 2014; Zhu et al., 2011).”

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Authors
Farwell, M. D., Pryma, D. A., & Mankoff, D. A.
Affiliations
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Farwell, Michael D.
Venue
Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-06-19
Volume
120
Issue
22
Pages
3433-3445
ISSN
  • 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0142
OpenAlex
W1585769594
Cited by
230
References
137
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 1
FWCI
2.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
PET/CT, tumor imaging, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose, FDG-PET, tumor hypoxia, apoptosis imaging
MeSH terms
Humans, Neoplasms, Prognosis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Dideoxynucleosides, Cell Hypoxia, Apoptosis, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Cell Proliferation, Positron-Emission Tomography, Multimodal Imaging

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