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[FDG-PET in the staging of malignant melanoma]
1Afdeling for klinisk fysiologi & nuklearmedicin, Rigshospitalet, København.
Nordisk Medicin
|December 4, 1998
Abstract:
Positron emission tomography (PET scanning) is a useful tool in staging of malignant melanoma. A radiolabelled glucoseanalogue can demonstrate changes in metabolism and thus identify malignancy in macroscopic unchanged structures. It is a non-invasive, fast method to identify especially visceral, still symptomless metastases. The patient can often be spared from mutilating surgery.