Bedeutung der Positronenemissionstomographie (PET) für die Behandlung von Patienten mit unbekanntem Primärtumor (CUP)

Abstract

In patients with CUP the PET result is not only of great value for detection of the primary tumor, but in case of initially localized disease also for diagnosis of a possible dissemination. The PET result often has relevant influence on therapeutic management.

First Experiences of Radiation Treatment Planning with PET/CT

“…Relevant changes of therapeutic management were reported in 18-52% of advanced NSCLC [5,12,18,21]. In patients with CUP, 44-63% had a different therapy after FDG PET [13,16]. In PC, the tracer 11C-choline promises some improvements in determination of metastases [2].…”