Main description:

This atlas is a superb guide to the use of PET-CT for the evaluation of treatment response in oncology patients based on its ability to assess tumor metabolic status. The first part of the book explains the role of PET-CT in response evaluation in different treatment settings. For comparison, overviews of the value and limitations of CT alone, PET alone, and anatomical and functional MRI are included. Guidance is also provided on the reporting of PET-CT scans in post-therapy scenarios. The second part of the book describes and illustrates the use of PET-CT with FDG and other tracers to assess the treatment response of malignancies at different anatomic sites. Featuring a wealth of images, informative case-based discussion, and evidence-based teaching points, these disease-specific chapters clearly demonstrate the key role that PET-CT can play in distinguishing early responders from patients who are non-responders or are resistant to treatment. Prompt and accurate evaluation of treatment response is vital as we enter the era of individualized medicine, and this atlas will persuade readers of the considerable advantages of PET-CT over conventional radiological and clinical methods.

Contents:

PART I: General Chapters

1. Introduction to Treatment response evaluation: Science and Practice

2. CT in Treatment response evaluation - Overview

3. MRI & Diffusion weighted MRI in Treatment response evaluation- Overview

4. PET & PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation-Overview

5. Conventional Radiological Techniques and PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in post-surgical setting

6. Conventional Radiological Techniques and PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in chemotherapy setting

7. Conventional Radiological Techniques and PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in radiation oncology

8. Conventional Radiological Techniques and PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in Immunotherapy settings

9. Treatment response evaluation of bone metastases using 18F-NaF

10. How to report PET-CT scans in post therapy scenarios: Do's and don'ts

PART II: Atlas Articles

11. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in Head and neck cancer

12. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in lung cancer

13. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in neuro-oncology

14. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in hepatobiliary cancer

15. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in gastroesophageal cancer

16. 8F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in Lymphoma and Non-hodgkins lymphoma

17. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in breast cancer

18. 18F-FDG, 18F-Choline & 68Ga-PSMA PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in prostate cancer

19. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in gynaecological cancers

20. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in colorectal cancer

21. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in soft tissue sarcomas

22. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in malignant melanoma

23. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in myeloma

24. 18F-FDG PET-CT & 18F-NaF in Treatment response evaluation in bone metastases and bone tumours

25. 18F-FDG & Non FDG PET-CT in Assessment of treatment response in paediatric oncology

26. 68Ga-DOTA PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation in NETs

27. 18F-DOPA PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation

28. 18F-FLT PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation

29. Brain PET-CT in Treatment response evaluation