TY  - JOUR
AU  - Liang, Cecilia
AU  - Sekler, Julia
AU  - Gückel, Brigitte
AU  - Pfannenberg, Christina
AU  - Dittmann, Helmut
AU  - Seith, Ferdinand
AU  - Amend, Bastian
AU  - Nikolaou, Konstantin
AU  - Reinert, Christian Philipp
TI  - How [18F]-FDG-PET/CT Affects Clinical Management of Patients with Germ Cell Tumors in the Real World.
JO  - Cancers
VL  - 15
IS  - 14
SN  - 2072-6694
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI
M1  - DKFZ-2023-01544
SP  - 3652
PY  - 2023
AB  - The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of PET/CT on clinical management of patients with germ cell tumors (GCTs) conducted in a real-world setting, including avoidance of invasive procedures, additional diagnostic imaging, and changes in treatment.Patients with GCTs were prospectively enrolled into a PET/CT registry study between May 2013 and April 2021. Intended patient management prior and after PET/CT was documented using standardized questionnaires. Changes in oncologic staging and clinical management after PET/CT were recorded, including planned treatment and planned additional diagnostics.Forty-three male patients with GCTs were included consecutively in this study. After PET/CT, oncologic staging changed in 22/43 patients (51
KW  - PET/CT (Other)
KW  - clinical management (Other)
KW  - germ cell tumors (Other)
KW  - seminoma (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:37509313
C2  - pmc:PMC10377569
DO  - DOI:10.3390/cancers15143652
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/277876
ER  -