Overview
- Describes the use of PET/CT in malignancies of the hepatobiliary system and pancreas
- Considers the role of other imaging modalities in these malignancies
- Includes information on epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathology, staging, and management
- Explains concepts with the aid of high-quality illustrations
Part of the book series: Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging (CGRHI)
Part of the book sub series: PET/CT (PET/CT)
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Reviews
“This short book discusses clinical and pathological findings of hepatobiliary neoplasms, as well as their imaging and management. … This book is most suitable for clinicians dealing with the management of patients with hepatobiliary malignancy.” (Tara M. Catanzano, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2018)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sneha Shah is an Associate Professor in Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, which is a tertiary oncology institute. She completed her nuclear medicine residency at the Radiation Medicine Centre, Mumbai and PD Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai and subsequently received training in the use of PET/CT in oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital. She has expertise in the performance of PET/CT using FDG and several other non-FDG PET tracers and has a keen interest in radionuclide therapy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: PET/CT in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Malignancies
Editors: Nilendu Purandare, Sneha Shah
Series Title: Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60507-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60506-7Published: 12 September 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60507-4Published: 27 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 88
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Medicine, Oncology