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Chapter-23 Nuclear Medicine in Oncology

BOOK TITLE: Principles and Practice of Nuclear Medicine and Correlation Medical Imaging

Author
1. Lele RD
ISBN
9788184484816
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10672_23
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
19
Author Affiliations
1. Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India, Grant Medical College, and JJ Hospital, Mumbai, e-mail: lele1@vsnl.com, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Basic principles of oncology and their application in imaging have been mentioned. Role of FDG PET has been discussed in great detail. Also, imaging of neuroendocrine tumors using MIBG, Ga 68 DOTA TOC with illustrative images is given. Newer PET tracers like 11C choline, 18 F FET/FLT, tumor specific antibodies and monoclonal antibodies are described. Recent advances like radioimmunodetection and oligonucleotides have been mentioned.

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