Normal and abnormal 18F-FDG endometrial and ovarian uptake in pre-and postmenopausal patients: assessment by PET/CT

H Lerman, U Metser, D Grisaru, A Fishman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of the study was to assess physiologic endometrial 18F-FDG uptake during the
4 phases of the menstrual cycle and to differentiate between physiologic and malignant …

Benign ovarian and endometrial uptake on FDG PET-CT: patterns and pitfalls

Y Liu - Annals of nuclear medicine, 2009 - Springer
Increased ovarian or endometrial uptake may cause a dilemma in the interpretation of whole
body F18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging or even …

Physiological 18F-FDG uptake in the ovaries and uterus of healthy female volunteers

S Nishizawa, M Inubushi, H Okada - European journal of nuclear medicine …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose Good knowledge of physiological 18 F-fluorodeoxglucose (18 F-FDG) uptake in the
healthy population is of great importance for the correct interpretation of 18 F-FDG positron …

Physiologic uterine uptake of FDG during menstruation demonstrated with serial combined positron emission tomography and computed tomography

S Chander, CC Meltzer, BM McCOOK - Clinical nuclear medicine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Abstract F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been
used extensively to stage, restage, and follow neoplastic disease. However, focal …

Oncologic imaging in gynecologic malignancies

N Pandit-Taskar - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-FDG PET imaging is underutilized in patients with gynecologic malignancies, and its
role in current clinical practice has yet to be established. In cervical cancer, it has high …

Incidental ovarian 18F-FDG accumulation on PET: correlation with the menstrual cycle

SK Kim, KW Kang, JW Roh, JS Sim, ES Lee… - European Journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the nature of incidental ovarian 18 F-fluoro-2-
deoxyglucose (FDG) accumulation on positron emission tomography (PET) and the …

Uterine Tumors: Pathophysiologic Imaging with 16α-[18F]fluoro-17β-estradiol and 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose PET—Initial Experience1

T Tsujikawa, Y Yoshida, T Mori, T Kurokawa… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To clarify prospectively the relationship between estrogen receptor (ER)
expression and glucose metabolism by using 16α-[18F] fluoro-17β-estradiol (FES) and …

Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET in the post-therapy surveillance of endometrial carcinoma

T Belhocine, C De Barsy, R Hustinx… - European journal of …, 2002 - Springer
The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose
positron emission tomography (FDG PET) in the post-therapy surveillance of endometrial …

Assessment of estrogen receptor expression in epithelial ovarian cancer patients using 16α-18F-fluoro-17β-estradiol PET/CT

M van Kruchten, EFJ de Vries, HJG Arts… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
The estrogen receptor α (ERα) is expressed in approximately 70% of ovarian cancer tumors.
PET of tumor ERα expression with the tracer 16α-18F-fluoro-17β-estradiol (18F-FES) may …

Functional images reflect aggressiveness of endometrial carcinoma: estrogen receptor expression combined with 18F-FDG PET

T Tsujikawa, Y Yoshida, T Kudo, Y Kiyono… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
The grade of histologic differentiation is one of the most important prognostic factors in
patients with endometrial carcinoma and postoperative staging. The aim of this study was to …