MATERIALS AND METHODS. This retrospective study gathered the information from patient medical records at Bangkok Hospital Medical Center. The patients were examined for colorectal cancer from May 2007 to November 2009 and received the pre-operative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan before having oncologic colorectal surgery during the time period mentioned above. Th...

Abstract Background F-18 FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) PET/CT procedures are one of the most growing studies used for patient management in oncology, cardiology, neurology, and other indications, which challenges meet both patients clinicians, especially when we looking presence/absence disease progression cure. This study was conducted to assess external radiation dose after 18FDG-PET/CT examinatio...