• Pietro R Di Ciaccio, Louise Emmett, and Nada Hamad.
• Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Intern Med J. 2021 Oct 1; 51 (10): 1722-1726.

AbstractStaging using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is standard of care in many cancers that occur most frequently in pregnancy, particularly lymphoma. While expert guidelines generally recommend against PET/CT in pregnant women, there is emerging evidence that likely absorbed foetal doses in pregnancy are relatively low, and as such in certain circumstances PET/CT may be acceptable when balancing benefit and risk. We conducted a qualitative survey of nuclear medicine physicians in Australia and New Zealand to assess practice and attitudes with respect to PET/CT in pregnancy women, finding that most respondents considered PET/CT in pregnancy may be an appropriate modality in carefully selected clinical contexts with appropriate modifications. It is important to continue to define the role of PET/CT in pregnancy into the future, particularly as this imaging modality has emerged as the standard of care in staging and response assessment for many cancers.© 2021 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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