Why And When To Request For A Pet/Ct Scan In A Lung Cancer Patient?

This review will focus on whole-body functional imaging applied to lung cancer disease and patient management. Lung cancer needs to be avoided… (but if not well succeeded), suspected, screened, histologically confirmed, anatomically inventoried, prognostically staged, molecularly characterized, genetically studied and finally, therapeutically managed. Functional imaging using 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG) is a non-invasive method that is widely used in oncologic disease, mainly for clinical staging and re-staging, with impact on therapy planning.

Cancer Patient Experience in a Nuclear Medicine Department: Comparison Between Bone Scintigraphy and F-FDG PET/CT.

Our objective was to assess the anxiety level in cancer patients undergoing nuclear medicine exams and to identify how professionals can improve patient experience. In total, 94 patients undergoing Tc-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (Tc-HDP) bone scintigraphy (BS) or F-FDG PET/CT completed 2 scan-experience questionnaires and the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) before the scan and after image acquisition. Before the exam, the mean anxiety levels were higher for the Tc-HDP BS group than for the F-FDG PET/CT group.

Primary idiopathic chylopericardium.

Chylopericardium is a rare entity which is usually associated with trauma (thoracic duct lesions), neoplasia or filaria infection. Primary forms are even rarer and are caused by lymphatic circulation malformations. We present the case of a 52-year-old male patient with primary chylopericardium.

Guidelines for direct radionuclide cystography in children.

These guidelines, which summarise the views of the Paediatric Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, provide a framework which may prove helpful to nuclear medicine teams in daily practice. They contain information on the indications, acquisition, processing and interpretation of direct radioisotope cystography in children. The guidelines should be taken in the context of "good practice" and any local/national rules which apply to nuclear medicine examinations.

Guidelines for radioiodinated MIBG scintigraphy in children.

These guidelines on the use of radioiodinated (99m)Tc-MIBG scintigraphy in children, which summarise the views of the Paediatric Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, provide a framework which may prove helpful to nuclear medicine teams in daily practice. They have been influenced by the conclusions of the "Consensus Guidelines for MIBG Scintigraphy" (Paris, November 6, 1997) of the European Neuroblastoma Group and by those of the Oncological Committee of the French Society of Nuclear Medicine. The guidelines should be taken in the context of "good practice" and any local/national rules which apply to nuclear medicine examinations.