• Wai Lup Wong and R Jane Chambers.
• PET CT, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon hospital, Northwood, HA6 2RN, United Kingdom. wai-lup.wong@paulstrickland-scannercentre.org.uk
• Abdom Imaging. 2008 Mar 1; 33 (2): 183-90.

BackgroundCurrent evidence for the use of FDG PET/PET-CT in staging thoracic oesophageal and GOJ cancer is reviewed.MethodsPubMed, Medline, Embase (1988-November 2006) and the Cochrane database identified studies in which FDG PET and PET CT were used for the assessment of thoracic and GOJ cancer.ResultsConventional assessment remains the mainstay for evaluating the primary site. EUS is used for assessing the primary site, but when EUS is incomplete or not tolerated FDG PET CT is invaluable. The major of advantage of FDG PET CT lies in the ability to detect metastatic disease beyond the celiac axis. There is growing evidence to show that FDG PET CT is useful for assessment of treatment response. FDG PET CT will also detect other occult primary cancers.ConclusionsThe contribution of FDG PET CT to the investigation of patients with primary thoracic oesophageal and GOJ cancer has resulted in improved staging, so providing the ability to optimise treatment.

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