The Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Current Applications and Future Perspectives

• Published in: Journal of clinical medicine Vol. 13; no. 22; p. 6918
• Main Authors: Panagiotidis, Emmanouil, Zhang-Yin, Jules Tianyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.11.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; CT imaging; Diagnosis; Disease; Iodine; Lymphatic system; Medical prognosis; Metabolism; Metastasis; Microbiota; PET imaging; Review; Scintigraphy; Thyroid cancer; Tomography; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Greece; Thyroid Cancer; PET/CT; 18F-FDG

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), comprising papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma, is the most common thyroid malignancy and typically has a favourable prognosis when detected early. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has emerged as a valuable imaging modality, integr...