Clinical Application of $^{18}F-FDG$ PET in Sarcoma

육종에서 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET의 임상 이용

  • Kang, Won-Jun (Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 강원준 (연세대학교 의과대학 영상의학교실)
  • Published : 2008.12.31

Abstract

Sarcoma originated in bone or soft tissue is relatively rare disease. $^{18}F-FDG$ PET have been used in sarcoma for grading and predicting prognosis. In addition, FDG PET is expected to be useful in sarcoma for staging, detecting recurrence and monitoring therapy response in recent studies.

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