Staging and follow-up of gastrointestinal tumors with PET/CT

SJ Rosenbaum, H Stergar, G Antoch, P Veit… - Abdominal …, 2006 - Springer
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging modality that has been
documented to be useful in patient care. Oncologic PET imaging is used for a wide variety of …

Diagnostic accuracy of colorectal cancer staging with whole-body PET/CT colonography

P Veit-Haibach, CA Kuehle, T Beyer, H Stergar… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextStaging of patients with colorectal cancer often requires a multimodality, multistep
imaging approach. Colonography composed of a combined modality of positron emission …

Detection of residual tumor after radiofrequency ablation of liver metastasis with dual-modality PET/CT: initial results

P Veit, G Antoch, H Stergar, A Bockisch, M Forsting… - European …, 2006 - Springer
The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of dual-modality positron emission
tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the detection of residual tumor after …

Comparison of FDG-PET, PET/CT and MRI for follow-up of colorectal liver metastases treated with radiofrequency ablation: initial results

H Kuehl, G Antoch, H Stergar, P Veit-Haibach… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Morphologic imaging after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of liver metastases is
hampered by rim-like enhancement in the ablation margin, making the identification of local …

Lymph node staging with dual-modality PET/CT: enhancing the diagnostic accuracy in oncology

P Veit, S Ruehm, H Kuehl, H Stergar, S Mueller… - European journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Lymph node staging according to the TNM criteria is an essential part of tumor evaluation.
Several morphological and functional imaging procedures are used complementarily in this …

FDG-PET/CT in restaging of patients with recurrent breast cancer: possible impact on staging and therapy

…, G Antoch, T Beyer, H Stergar… - The British Journal of …, 2007 - birpublications.org
We aimed to compare the value of combined positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, PET+
CT (viewed side by side), CT alone and PET alone concerning the rTNM stage and …

Cervical lymph node metastases of unknown origin: primary tumor detection with whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography

K Nassenstein, P Veit-Haibach, H Stergar… - Acta …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Identification of primary tumor in patients with cervical lymph node metastasis
of unknown primary (MUO) has a great impact on therapy approach and potentially on …

Whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) tumour staging with integrated PET/CT colonography: technical feasibility and first …

…, T Beyer, H Kuehl, CU Herborn, G Börsch, H Stergar… - Gut, 2006 - gut.bmj.com
Aim: The aim of this study was to implement an imaging protocol for positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) colonography and to combine this protocol …

Influence of PET/CT-introduction on PET scanning frequency and indications

H Stergar, A Bockisch, SM Eschmann… - Nuklearmedizin …, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
Aim: To evaluate the influence of the introduction of combined PET/CT scanners into clinical
routine. This investigation addresses the quantitative changes between PET/CT and stand …

Impact of whole-body imaging on treatment decision to radio-frequency ablation in patients with malignant liver tumors: comparison of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose-PET …

…, P Veit-Haibach, H Stergar… - Nuclear medicine …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective The correct staging of patients with malignant liver tumors before radio-frequency
ablation (RFA) is mandatory for successful treatment. Our study aimed to compare the …