Host: The Japan Radiation Research Society
PET/CT has now been an indispensable imaging in the management of patients with malignancy. Hardware and its application in imaging procedures and diagnoses are evolving so fast. PET/CT is a non-invasive and highly useful imaging modality which enables whole body image acquisition. PET/CT is useful in cancer screening as well as evaluation of extent of disease, that is, staging of cancer. So far, it has been reported that PET/CT provides changes in treatment strategy in 20-30% of patients. Unsealed radionuclide therapy in some of cancers has recently been established in the treatment of malignant lymphoma and in the palliation of painful bone metastasis. New radionuclide therapy agents and good medical practices will bring nuclear medicine to an era of great evolution.
