Utility of PET/CT in the approach to the patient with tumor of unknown primary

Cancer of unknown primary is an infrequent disease, with high mortality. PET/CT can be a procedure to find the primary tumour and represents an aid in initialmanagement, providing better survival and quality of life in these patients, which mainly come to physicians at an advanced stage of their dis...

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Autores: Ledesma-Vásquez, Richard, Morales Guzmán-Barrón, Rosanna, Vidaurre-Rojas, Tatiana
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Perú
Recursos:Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
Repositorio:Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:medicinainterna.net.pe:article/677
Acesso em linha:https://revistamedicinainterna.net/index.php/spmi/article/view/677
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:tumor de primario no conocido
PET/CT
tumores neuroendocrinos
68Ga DOTATOC
cirugía no invasiva
adiómica, tomografía computarizada
Carcinoma of unknown primary
Head and neck
Neuroendocrine tumors
radiomics
computed tomography
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Resumo:Cancer of unknown primary is an infrequent disease, with high mortality. PET/CT can be a procedure to find the primary tumour and represents an aid in initialmanagement, providing better survival and quality of life in these patients, which mainly come to physicians at an advanced stage of their disease.