Publications by authors named "Francesca P Giunta"
. Positron emission tomography (PET) has proven clinical utility both in the initial and relapse staging phase, but this technique is controversial during pregnancy. The objective of this review is to provide a compendium of available information on the use of PET during pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Interventional oncology locoregional therapies are validated treatment modalities for primary and secondary tumors in liver, lung, kidney and bone. At this time, there is no accordance in the choice of imaging modality to assess treatment response. Morphological imaging and RECIST 1.
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- The study compared the effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), multidetector CT (MDCT), and Ga-68 DOTATOC PET/CT in diagnosing neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in patients suspected to have duodenopancreatic tumors.
- Nineteen patients participated in the research, where EUS-FNA and/or surgery confirmed the presence of NETs, revealing that EUS had the highest accuracy in detecting both patients and lesions.
- The findings suggest that while all three methods are useful, combining them may provide the best preoperative diagnosis for duodenopancreatic NETs.