ArticleThe British journal of radiology2021
PET-CT for the diagnosis and treatment of primary musculoskeletal tumors in Chinese patients - experience from 255 patients in a single center.
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- Whole-body imaging for distant staging of bone chondrosarcoma: a systematic review.La Radiologia medica · 2025Pooled it
- A bibliometric analysis based on hotspots and frontier trends of positron emission tomography/computed tomography utility in bone and soft tissue sarcoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Advances inWorld journal of radiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study was carried out to assess the value of positron emission tomography (PET)/CT on the diagnosis and staging of primary musculoskeletal tumors.
methodsPET-CT test results and histopathological study reports of all the patients with primary musculoskeletal tumors in our department from January 2006 to July 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in these PET-CT reports were recorded and analyzed respectively for each type of sarcoma.
resultsA total of 255 patients were included in the final analysis. Sensitivity of SUVmax based diagnosis was 96.6% for primary malignant osseous sarcomas and 91.2% for soft tissue sarcomas. SUVmax of high-grade osseous sarcomas (average 8.4 ± 5.5) was significantly higher (
conclusionResults of the current study indicate that, the SUVmax based application of PET-CT can be a valuable supplementary method to histopathological tests regarding the diagnosis and staging of primary musculoskeletal sarcomas. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: SUVmax based application of PET-CT is a highly sensitive method in diagnosis of primary osseous and soft tissue sarcomas in Chinese patients.
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