The PET/CT examination is a recognized tool in the field of oncology and is a very efficient way to obtain:
- characterization of indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules;
- preoperative staging to evaluate mediastinal and distant metastasis of non-small cell lung cancers;
- staging of colorectal cancers;
- staging of Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin lymphomas;
- an evaluation of the presence of metastasis in cases of melanoma;
- an evaluation of the extent of loco-regional recurrence and distant metastasis, as well as of the treatment response in cases of breast cancer;
- staging of head and neck cancers, and esophagus cancers;
- staging of well differentiated thyroid gland cancers characterized by a positive thyroglobulin and negative Iodine-131 scan;
- differentiation between the recurrence of a brain tumour and radiation necrosis due to previous radiation treatment.