Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Department of Urology, King Hussein University, Jordanian Royal, Jordan

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Detecting Local Recurrence or Distant Metastases in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma Who Underwent Radical Nephrectomy
  Author(s): Ai-ka Abneh Awad* and Attieh Ola
  
  Aim: The aim of this study is to detect the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting local recurrence or distant metastases in patient who underwent radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study includes 88 patients diagnosed to have renal cell carcinoma underwent radical nephrectomy. Both 18F-FDG PET/CT and CT scan were done in the post-operative period for follow up. Sites of the relapse were categorized into local recurrence and distant metastasis. The final diagnosis of disease status was made on subsequent follow up by conventional imaging CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT with histopathology confirmation for all of the cases. Results: PET/CT was positive and detected recurrence in 48/88 patients, of which confirmed to be recurrence via biopsy 46/48 and was negative i.. Read More»
  

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