Impact of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography in staging of patients with gallbladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Nuclear medicine communications Vol. 42; no. 8; p. 846
• Main Authors: Parida, Girish Kumar, Panda, Raj Abhisek, Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Gallbladder Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Gallbladder Neoplasms - pathology; Humans; Neoplasm Staging; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) has proven its efficacy in various malignancies; however, currently it is not used routinely for the management of gallbladder carcinoma (GBCa). So, we tried to review and analyze the impact of FDG PET/CT in the staging workup of...