Throughout the rotation please review the following books:
FDG PET/CT in Clinical Oncology, Case Based Approach with Teaching Points
Notes: Please give special attention to sections dealing with Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Unknown Primary, Unexpected Malignancy/Second Primary, and sections dealing with Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Lung Carcinoma, Head and Neck Carcinoma in the sections on Extent of Disease, Follow-up, and Response to Treatment
Fanti, Stefano, et al. PET-CT Beyond FDG : A Quick Guide to Image Interpretation, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2009
Notes: Please review chapter 5 (Somatostatin Receptor PET-CT)
Shah, Chirayu, and Marques Bradshaw. Nuclear Medicine: a Core Review, Wolters Kluwer, 2015
Notes: Please review questions relevant to PET.
Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Cases, edited by Chun K. Kim, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015
Notes: Please review Part 8.
Case Review Series: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 3rd edition. Hard copy available in Radiology Library for checkout.
Notes: Please review cases: 76-78, 81, 85-87, 89-91, 93, 96, 98, 100
Read:
Hoang JK, et al. Evaluation of cervical lymph nodes in head and neck cancer with CT and MRI: tips, traps, and a systematic approach. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Jan;200(1):W17-25.
Notes: You will have a quiz on lymph node levels of the neck during your second or third week of the rotation.
Watch:
(RSNA) Malignancies with Low FDG Uptake at PET/CT: power point presentation
(SNMMI) PET/CT for Women’s Imaging - Gynecologic and Breast Malignancies
Read:
Chapter 14 (Central Nervous System) Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites. 4th ed.
Notes: Pay special attention to sections on epilepsy and dementia
Watch:
Radiology Assistant - Lung Cancer Staging
Radiology Assistant - Infrahyoid Neck
NCCN - Notes: Set up a free account to the NCCN comprehensive cancer care guidelines. These guides will help you understand the role radiology and nuclear medicine play in the staging, re-staging, and management of cancer patients.