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Potential role of PET-CT in chemotherapy efficacy assessment and recurrence diagnosis in a patient with a Wilms’ tumour
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Abstract
DISCUSSION: Equivocal PET-CT results during chemotherapy should be interpreted with caution. The first, during third line chemotherapy, was equivocal; however, an early massive recurrence three months later indicates that treatment was ineffective. The second PET-CT examination fourteen months later, as the only modality, depicted massive progression of the disease. This suggests the value of this examination in recurrence diagnosis.
CONCLUSIONS: PET-CT seems to be valuable technique in recurrence detection in patients with histologically unfavourable tumours. Equivocal results of PET-CT should raise suspicion of recurrence even in recently treated patients. The timing of CIM and PET-CT should be considered individually — no universal and reliable schedule exists.
Nuclear Med Rev 2011; 14, 1: 33–35
Abstract
DISCUSSION: Equivocal PET-CT results during chemotherapy should be interpreted with caution. The first, during third line chemotherapy, was equivocal; however, an early massive recurrence three months later indicates that treatment was ineffective. The second PET-CT examination fourteen months later, as the only modality, depicted massive progression of the disease. This suggests the value of this examination in recurrence diagnosis.
CONCLUSIONS: PET-CT seems to be valuable technique in recurrence detection in patients with histologically unfavourable tumours. Equivocal results of PET-CT should raise suspicion of recurrence even in recently treated patients. The timing of CIM and PET-CT should be considered individually — no universal and reliable schedule exists.
Nuclear Med Rev 2011; 14, 1: 33–35
Keywords
Wilms’ tumour; PET-CT; chemotherapy
Title
Potential role of PET-CT in chemotherapy efficacy assessment and recurrence diagnosis in a patient with a Wilms’ tumour
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Article type
Research paper
Pages
33-35
Published online
2011-07-12
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2011;14(1):33-35.
Keywords
Wilms’ tumour
PET-CT
chemotherapy
Authors
Piotr Piwkowski
Andrzej Kołodziejczyk
Adam Macioszek
Katarzyna Połczyńska
Jacek Żebrowski