FDG-PET possibly useful in detecting, monitoring cancers specific to women.(NEWS WATCH)(fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography) From: Medical Imaging | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Said, Michelle | COPYRIGHT 2006 Ascend Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Although a woman's reproductive organs are potentially a source of life, they also can be the epicenter of deadly disease wherein abnormal body cells proliferate. Reports indicate that up to 80,000 women per year in the United States-10 women per hour-are diagnosed with cancer of the reproductive organs.

Recently, researchers have determined that PET with the radiotracer fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is underutilized in diagnosing and treating cancer of female reproductive or...

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