Nuclear medicine communications
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Comparative Study
Comparison of 18F-FDG and 11C-choline PET/CT for detecting recurrences in patients with nonsquamous cell head and neck malignancies.
The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the usefulness of F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and C-choline positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for detecting recurrences of nonsquamous cell head and neck malignancies after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. ⋯ The abilities of F-FDG and C-choline PET/CT to detect lesions were almost the same in this study. In addition, choline has a superior potential for imaging skull base and intracranial lesions because the normal brain is not choline avid.