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ReviewIndian journal of medical and paediatric oncology : official journal of Indian Society of Medical & Paediatric Oncology

PET/CT in paediatric malignancies - An update.

Subramanyam Padma, Palaniswamy Shanmuga Sundaram, Anshu Tewari

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Review in Indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology : official journal of Indian Society of Medical & Paediatric Oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Recommendations for the use of nuclear medicine imaging in patients with neuroblastoma.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  2. Hepatoblastoma.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Subramanyam PadmaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.
Palaniswamy Shanmuga SundaramDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.
Anshu TewariDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is a well-established imaging modality in adult oncological practice. Its role in childhood malignancies needs to be discussed as paediatric malignancies differ from adults in tumor subtypes and they have different tumor biology and FDG uptake patterns. This is also compounded by smaller body mass, dosimetric restrictions, and physiological factors that can affect the FDG uptake. It calls for careful planning of the PET study, preparing the child, the parents, and expertise of nuclear physicians in reporting pediatric positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) studies. In a broad perspective, FDG-PET/CT has been used in staging, assessment of therapy response, identifying metastases and as a follow-up tool in a wide variety of pediatric malignancies. This review outlines the role of PET/CT in childhood malignancies other than hematological malignancies such as lymphoma and leukemia.

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Central nervous system tumorschildhood malignanciesneuroblastomapositron emission tomography/computed tomographysarcoma

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PMID27688605
PMCPMC5027784

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