EVALUA TION OF RADIOSENSITIVITY BY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY WITH lS-FLUORO-2-DEOXY-D-GLUCOSE IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY UTERINE NEOPLASMS

From march 1996 to January 1997 we enrolled 14 consecutive patients, median age 53 years (range 3274), Performance status 1 or 2, affected by histologically proven uterine neoplasms. PET imaging was performed using a whole body PET-camera (Siemens EXACT 47 scanner). All patients were submitted to PET with FOG (370 MBq i. v., pelvic and whole body images) before radiotherapy. Fluorine 18 was produced by protonic bombardment with scanditronix MC17 cyclotron via 180(p,n,)18F nuclear reaction. FOG synthesis was developed using Anatech RB 86 robotie,ystem.