Research Article

Evaluation of Clinical Contributions Provided by Addition of the Brain, Calvarium, and Scalp to the Limited Whole Body Imaging Area in FDG-PET/CT Tumor Imaging

Table 1

Tumor types and number of patients in the study.

DiagnosisNumber of patients

Lung Ca150
Lung Ca?240
Breast Ca160
Unknown primary Tm 95
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma107
Bladder Ca19
Malignant melanoma32
Gastric Ca46
Thyroid Ca11
Hodgkin lymphoma78
Esophageal Ca12
Colon Ca35
Rectal Ca28
Uterine Ca36
Over Ca36
Cervix Ca18
Renal cell Ca/Wilms’ Tm25
Prostate Ca21
Testicular Ca12
Pancreatic Ca11
Pancreatic Ca?13
Mesothelioma3
Mesothelioma?25
Squamous cell Ca18
Basal cell Ca9
Sarcomas13
Nasopharynx Ca12
Parotid Ca9
Other head and neck Tm21
Other tumors64

Total1359

Ca: cancer, Tm: tumor, ?: suspected.