Perspectives on joint EANM/SNMMI/ANZSNM practice guidelines/procedure standards for [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging during immunomodulatory treatments in patients with solid tumors
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Response assessment in the context of immunomodulatory treatments represents a major challenge for the medical imaging community and requires a multidisciplinary approach with involvement of oncologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine specialists. There is evolving evidence that [18F]FDG PET/CT is a useful diagnostic modality for this purpose. The clinical indications for, and the principal aspects of its standardization in this context have been detailed in the recently published “Joint EANM/SNMMI/ANZSNM practice guidelines/procedure standards on recommended use of [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging during immunomodulatory treatments in patients with solid tumors version 1.0”. These recommendations arose from a fruitful collaboration between international nuclear medicine societies and experts in cancer treatment. In this perspective, the key elements of the initiative are reported, summarizing the core aspects of the guidelines for radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians. Beyond the previous guidelines, this perspective adds further commentary on how this technology can advance development of novel therapeutic approaches and guide management of individual patients.
Source: Cancer Imaging
Institutions: IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Inserm, Normandie Université, Unité de recherche interdisciplinaire pour la prévention et le traitement des cancers, German Cancer Research Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, University of Washington, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Laboratoire d'imagerie translationnelle en oncologie, Institut Curie, Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, PHEN X - Physiopathologie, Environnement et Exposome, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCLouvain, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, TUM Klinikum, Technical University of Munich, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, Austin Hospital, Austin Health, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,290
Funder: National Cancer Institute
Award: Cancer Center Support Grant
OpenAlex ID: W4312114274