Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) for the Diagnosis of Recurrent Cancer: a Feasibility Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Age less than 18 years.
• •Patient with established recurrence requiring staging of recurrent disease.
• •Patients who, at the time of the initial evaluation, have already undergone PET/CT within 6 months prior to registration.
• •Unable to lie supine for imaging with PET/CT.
• •Pregnant or lactating female.
• •Significant concurrent medical problems (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes, active cardiac disease, significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) making the patient unfit for further cancer therapy.
• •Unable to give informed consent.