Open AccessPositron emission tomography in the pediatric oncology
Author(s) -
Д.О. Джужа
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
radiation diagnostics, radiation therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-0700
pISSN - 2707-0697
DOI - 10.37336/2707-0700-2020-2-4
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , medicine , pediatric oncology , fluorodeoxyglucose , radiology , nuclear medicine , germ cell tumors , positron emission , medical physics , cancer , chemotherapy
The methodical features of using of the positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in pediatric oncological patients and variations of normal distribution of radiopharmaceutical in children were revealed. Diagnostic efficacies of PET/CT in different pediatric malignancies were represented. It is showed that the modality is the important additional imaging method of staging, assessment of treatment, and monitoring of the lymphomas, sarcomas and neuroblastomas which can improve the results of treatment. The possibilities of using PET/CT in diagnostics of Wilms’ tumor, hepatoblastomas and germ cell tumors were reviewed. Key words: positron emission tomography, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose, pediatric malignancies.