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CC BY 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2023; 44(03): 314-321
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760310
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760310
Review Article
Imaging Recommendations for Theranostic PET-CT in Oncology
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Abstract
We in this article have presented a review of the guideline recommendations on theranostic positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) imaging which will be helpful to assist practitioners in providing appropriate patient care. Multiple guidelines by different societies and medical associations provide standards for diagnosis, imaging, and treatment of cancer patients. They have generated a number of recommendations related to 68Ga-DOTATATE and 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET-CT, which are the classical examples of theranostic PET-CT imaging in current practice.
Keywords
theranostics - PET-CT - 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-CT - 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET-CT - FAPI PET-CT - neuroendocrine tumors - prostate cancer - PRRTAuthors' Contributions
Rahul V. Parghane was involved in conceptualization, designing, definition of intellectual content, literature search, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review. Abhishek Mahajan contributed to conceptualization, designing, manuscript editing, and manuscript review. Nivedita Chakrabarty edited and reviewed the manuscript. Sandip Basu contributed to conceptualization, designing, definition of intellectual content, manuscript editing, and manuscript review.
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