A case of colon cancer detected by carbon-11 choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography: an initial report

Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2007 Oct;37(10):797-800. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hym102.

Abstract

[C-11] choline positron emission tomography ([C-11] choline PET) has been expected to be one of the new PET modalities similar to [F-18] fuluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), which has spread worldwide as a gold standard of PET oncologic imaging. However, there has been no report on [C-11] choline PET used for detection of colorectal cancer, which is one of major targets of oncologic FDG-PET. We initiated the research to investigate the detectability of [C-11] choline PET for various tumors including colorectal cancer. This is the first report of a patient who underwent surgical resection for advanced colon cancer depicted by [C-11] choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Biopsy
  • Carbon Radioisotopes*
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • methyl carbon-11 choline
  • Choline