Nuclear Oncology

by Khalkhali, Iraj; Maublant, Jean; Goldsmith, Stanley J.

• ISBN13: 9780781719902
• ISBN10: 0781719909
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Reviews the role of the radioactive tracer method in the diagnosis and management of patients with cancer. The main subjects in oncology are covered, from a diagnostic and a therapeutic point of view. Includes extensive references and halftone illustrations. For clinicians and therapists.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Overview
Nuclear Oncology Imaging and Therapy: An Overview	p. 1
Instrumentation	p. 13
Radiopharmaceuticals in Oncology	p. 31
Multidrug Resistance
Breast Cancer	p. 63
Other Tumors	p. 73
Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies
Imaging	p. 83
Therapy	p. 93
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy of Osseous Metastatic Disease	p. 103
Pediatric Nuclear Oncology	p. 111
Cardiotoxicity in Cancer Therapy	p. 144
Nephrotoxicity in Cancer Therapy	p. 149
Applications
Central Nervous System Neoplasia
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 159
Cerebrospinal Fluid and Shunt Imaging	p. 183
Head and Neck Carcinoma
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 187
Thyroid and Parathyroid Neoplasia
Thyroid Carcinoma	p. 197
Parathyroid Scintigraphy	p. 221
Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid: Radiolabeled Antibody Therapy	p. 245
Lung Carcinoma
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 251
Labeled Peptide Scintigraphy	p. 265
Breast Carcinoma
Scintimammography with Single-Photon Tracers	p. 273
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 289
Lymphoscintigraphy and Lymphatic Mapping	p. 297
Monoclonal Antibody Imaging	p. 313
Radionuclide Therapy	p. 331
Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Carcinoma
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 343
Colorectal Carcinoma
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging: Diagnosis and Management	p. 351
Radiolabeled Antibody Detection and Therapy	p. 361
Neuroendocrine Neoplasia
Scintigraphy and Radionuclide Therapy	p. 373
Hepatic Neoplasia
Primary Hepatic Tumors: Receptor Imaging and Differential Diagnosis	p. 389
Hepatic Artery Infusion
Targeted Therapy	p. 397
Hepatic Artery Pump Evaluation	p. 399
Genitourinary Carcinoma
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 403
Renal Carcinoma: Monoclonal Antibody Therapy	p. 417
Prostate Carcinoma
Monoclonal Antibody Imaging	p. 423
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy	p. 433
Ovarian Carcinoma
Radionuclide Imaging	p. 441
Intraperitoneal Radionuclide Therapy	p. 449
Adrenal Neoplasia
Adrenal Scintigraphy	p. 461
Hodgkin's Disease and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
[superscript 67]Ga Scintigraphy	p. 475
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 487
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy	p. 493
Musculoskeletal Neoplasia
Primary Bone Tumors: Thallium-201, Technetium-99m Sestamibi, and Fluorine-18 Deoxyglucose Imaging	p. 509
Scintigraphy of Bone Metastases	p. 525
Melanoma
Sentinel Node in the Management of Malignant Melanoma	p. 545
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	p. 557
Subject Index	p. 563
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