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Added Value of PET-CT in Patients with Metastases of Unknown Primary

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Purpose: To assess the value of PET/CT in metastases of unknown primary. Materials
and methods: prospective analysis of 100 patients, presenting with pathology proved or clinically suspected metastatic lesions of unknown primary, all patients had undergone prior investigations with clinical examination and routine workup with follow up for a period of 3-9 months.Results: PET/CT findings among 100 patients of study group: 64 patients were true positive, 4 patients were false positive, 9 patients were true negative & 23 patients were false negative with sensitivity of 73.6% and specificity of 69.2%. PET-CT detected more additional sites of metastases in 64 patients.
Conclusion: FDG PET/CT is a single modality that has advantage for early detection of the primary tumor site in CUP patients. This facilitates early selection of appropriate treatment protocols that will improve patients' prognosis.

DOI

10.21608/egyjnm.2015.5441

Keywords

Cup, FDG PET/CT

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Mahasen

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Abo-gabal

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Nuclear Medicine, NEMROCK Center, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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kodomojanai20@yahoo.com

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12

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12

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941

Issue Date

2015-12-01

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2018-02-21

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2015-12-01

Page Start

44

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56

Print ISSN

1687-4994

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2536-9113

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EGYJNM_Volume 12_Issue 12_Pages 44-56.pdf

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Original Paper, Oncology

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380

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Egyptian Journal Nuclear Medicine

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22 Jan 2023