How should we respond to a referring physician who asks,“If my patient wants a screening
whole-body PET/CT scan, and is willing to pay for it, should I order one?” Although it has …

Screening for cancer remains a very emotional and hotly debated issue in contemporary
medical practice. An analysis of published data reveals a multitude of opinions based on a …

Currently, PET is one of the most exciting imaging modalities in clinical practice. Although
PET is a new addition to the imaging facilities of many institutions, it is not a new technique …

Various carcinomas are discovered incidentally during FDG PET study. This points to the
potential use of PET as a cancer screening modality. Our experience using three PET …

Objective: FDG-PET has been used for cancer screening, mainly in East-Asia, and cancers
are found not infrequently. However, their stages have not been clarified. We examined the …

Objective The aim of this study is to survey the situation of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron
emission tomography (FDG-PET) cancer screening in Japan and to describe its …

Objective The aim of this study was to survey the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission
tomography (FDG-PET) cancer screening program conducted in Japan. Methods The “FDG …

The definition of populations at risk is a major issue in developing screening programmes.
Furthermore, it has to be proved that cancer is not only diagnosed at earlier stages but that …

AIM: Thi study is based on medical health check-up and cancer screening on of a medical
health club using PET, MRI, spiral CT and other conventional examinations. METHODS …

2227 Objectives: PET/CT with 18F-FDG has proven to be effective in detecting and
assessing various types of cancers. Because of genetic make up and common risk factors …