A Tabulated Summary of the FDG PET Literature

Abdom: abdominal
Abst: abstract
Acc: accuracy
Activ: activity
Addit: additional
Adenocarc: adenocarcinoma
Adjuv: adjuvant
Adrenalect: adrenalectomy
Adv: advanced
AFP: serum alpha-fetoprotein level
AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ALNDs: axillary lymph node dissections
Amen: amenable
Amput: amputations
Anat: anatomical
Andro: androgen
Antibod: antibodies
Antiestr: antiestrogen
Art: article
Aspir: aspirate
Assessmt: assessment
Asymp: asymptomatic
Autop: autopsy
Av: average
Avdmajsurg: avoid major surgery
BCNU: carmustine
Behav: behavioural
Biochem: biochemical
Biop: biopsy
Bne: bone
BPH: benign prostatic hyperplasia
Br: brain
Brst: breast
BS: bone scintigraphy
BTH: bilateral temporal hypometabolism
B/w: between
C: calcitonin
Ca: cancer
Calcit: calcitonin
Calcs: calculates
Cam: camera
Carcin: carcinoma
Cathet: catheterization
CDM: conventional diagnostic methods
CEA: carcino-embryonic antigen
Cerv: cervical
Chem: chemistry
Chemo: chemotherapy
Chemohormonother: chemohormonotherapy
Chemoradio: chemoradiotherapy
Chge: change
CHOL: 11C choline
Cholang: cholangio-pancreaticography
CI: conventional imaging
Classif: classification
Clin: clinical
Clinstge: clinical stage
Cm: centimeter
Cnfrm: confirmation
CNS: central nervous system
CoDe-PET: coincidence detection PET
Cognit: cognitive
Colonosc: colonoscopy
Compar: comparison
Concom: concomitant
Concord: concordance
Conn: connective
Cont: continued
Contrad: contradictory
Conv: conventional
Corr: correctly
Correl: correlation
CR: complete response
Craniot: craniotomy
Crse: course
CT: computed tomography
CUP: cancer of unknown primary
Cur: curative
CYT-356: capromab pendetide
Cytol: cytology
Cytopath: cytopathology
DAR: differential absorption ratio
Decis: decision
Decr: decrease
DedPET: dedicated PET
Def: definite
Degen: degenerative
Dem: dementia
Detect: detect
Diff: different
Differen: differentiated
Dimens: dimensions
Dis: disease
Discrep: discrepancy
Dissect: dissection
Dissem: disseminated
Dist: distant
Ds: days
DUR: dose uptake ratio
Dwnstge: downstage
Dx: diagnosis
Ea: each
EEG: electroencephalographic
E.g.: for example
Elev: elevation
Endos: endosonography
Endosc: endoscopic examination
Entero: enteroclysis
Epil: epilepsy
Epilept: epileptogenic
Equiv: equivocal
ER+: biopsy-proved estrogen receptor-positive
Esoph: esophageal
Eval: evaluate
Evid: evidence
Ex: exam
Excis: excisional
Exp: experience
Explor: exploratory
Ext: extension
Extrathor: extrathoracic
Fav: favorable
Fd: found
FDG: 2-Figure F-18Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose
Fm: from
FN: false negative
Fn: function
FNA: fine-needle aspiration
FNAB: fine needle aspiration biopsy
FP: false positive
Ga: gallium
Gastro: gastroesophageal
Gastros: gastroscopy
GCI: gamma camera coincidence imaging
Gde: grade
Gluc: glucose
Gp: group
GRD: gross residual disease
Gynecol: gynecological
H&N: head and neck
HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma
HD: hodgkin´s disease
Hep: hepatic
Hepatocell: hepatocellular
Hi: high
Hippocamp: hippocampal
Hist: history
Histol: histology
Histopath: histopathology
Horm: hormone
Hypertherm: hyperthermic
Hypometab: hypometabolic
Hypopharyng: hypopharyngeal
Ident: identify
Imag: imaging
IMLN: internal mammary lymph node
Immed: immediate
Imprvemt: improvement
IMT: 123I-Iodo-alpha-methyltyrosine
Inconclus: inconclusive
Incorr: incorrectly
Incr: increased
Indeterm: indeterminate
Indic: indicative
Individ: individual
Info: information
Init: initiate; initial
Insuffic: insufficient
Interict: interictal
Intracran: intracranial
Intract: intractable
Involv: involvement
IORT: intraoperative radiation therapy
Irrad: irradiated
IS: immunoscintigraphy
Isol: isolated
Kn: known
Lapar: laporatory
Laparat: laparotomy
Laryng: laryngeal
Lateraliz: lateralization
Les: lesion
Lft: left
LN: lymph node
Lo: low
Loc: local
Locat: location
Locoreg: locoregional
Lowabd: lower abdomen
LT: long term
Lumpect: lumpectomy
Lymphad: lymphadenectomy
Majdwn: major downstaging
Majmgmt: major management
Majupstg: major upstaging
Malig: malignancy
MALT: mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
Mar: marrow
Mastect: mastectomy
Meas: measurable
Mediast: mediastinal
Mediastinos: mediastinoscopy
Melan: melanoma
MET: 11-Cmethionine
Met: metastatic
Metab: metabolism
Mets: metastases
Mgmt: management
MH: M. Hodgkin
MIBG: metaiodo-benzylguanidine
MIBI: 99mTc-Methoxyisobutylisonitrile
MI-CPS: medically intractable complex partial seizures
Mindwn: minor downstaging
Minmgmt: minor management
Minupstg: minor upstaging
Misc: miscellaneous
MM: mammography
Mo: month
Mod: moderately
Modals: modalities
Mon: monitor
Morphol: morphologic
MR: magnetic resonance
MRD: minimal residual disease
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
MTC: medullary thyroid cancer
N: total number of patient studies or lesions
N staging: nodal staging
NC: no change
ND: new disease
Necros: necrosis
NED: no evidence of disease
Neg: negative
Neurodeg: neurodegenerative
NHL: non-Hodgkin´s lymphoma
Nk: neck
No: number
Nochge: no change
Noneupstg: none upstaged
NPV: negative predictive value
Nr: near
Nsclc: non-small cell lung cancer
Nt: not
Observ: observation
Occ: occupying
Oper: operable
OPET: other PET
Ophthal: opthalmologic
Osteo: osteomyelitis
Otolaryn: otolaryngologic
Ovar: ovarian
Overstgd: overstaged
P53: p53 protein expression of HCC
Pancr: pancreatic
Papill: papillary
Paramalig: paramalignant
Part: partial
Pathol: pathology
Pblms: problems
Pca: prostate cancer
PCS: positron coincidence scintigraphy
PD: progressed disease
Pelv: pelvic
Perfsurg: perform surgery
Perfus: perfusion
Persist: persistent
PET: positron emission tomography
Phys: physical
Polychemo: polychemotherapy
Poor: poorly
Potent: potentially
PPV: positive predictive value
PR: partial response
Preop: preoperative
Prim: primary
Prob: probably
Proced: procedure
Progress: progressing metastases; progression
Prolif: proliferative
Prost: prostate
PSA: prostate specific antigen
Pt: patient
Pt gp: patient group
Pts: patients
Pulm: pulmonary
RA: research article
Rad: radiation
Rad lymphad: radical lymphadenectomy
Radiog: radiography; radiographic
Radiol: radiological
Recur: recurring
Recurr: recurrence
Ref: reference
Refrac: refractory
Relap: relapsed
Resect: resectable
Resid: residual
Resis: resistant
Restage: restaging
Retroper: retroperitoneal
Retrosp: retrospective
Rev: review
RIT: radioimmunotherapy
RNB: radionuclide bone scintigraphy
Rpts: reports
Rspnse: response
Scint: scintigraphy
Sclc: small cell lung cancer
Scn: scan
SEEG: stereo-EEG
Sens: sensitivity
Ser: serial
Signif: significantly
Simult: simultaneously
Sites: lesion sites
Sl: slight
Smplg: sampling
SNB: sentinel node biopsy
Sonog: sonography
Sp: space
Spdsht: spreadsheet
Spec: specificity
SPECT: single-photon emission CT
SPET: single photon emission tomography
SPN: solitary pulmonary nodule
S.t.: short-term
Std: standard
Stereo biop: stereotactic biopsy
Stg: stage
Strat: strategy
STS: soft tissue sarcomas
Subclin: subclinical
Subgps: subgroups
SUR: standardized uptake ratio
Surf: surface
Surg: surgery
Susp: suspected
Suspic: suspicious
SUV: standardized uptake values
Symp: symptom
Sys: system
Sz: seizure
TCB: trucut biopsy
Temp: temporal
Tg: thyroglobulin
Theor: theoretical
Ther: therapy
Therap: therapeutic
Thor: thoracic
Thorac: thoracotomy
Thyrd: thyroid
Thyroglob: thyroglobulin
Tiss: tissue
T: L ratio:tumor-to-normal liver ratio
TLE: temporal lobe epilepsy
TN: true negative
Tot: total
TP: true positive
Trtmt: treatment
TTNA: transthoracic needle aspiration
Tum: tumor
Ultim: ultimately
Understgd: understaged
Unil: unilateral
Unk Prim: unknown primary
Unnecess: unnecessary
Upstge: upstage
Uptke: uptake
US: ultrasonography
Uter: uterine
UTH: unilateral temporal hypometabolism
Util: utilization
Vasc: vascular
Vert: vertebral
Vs: versus
W: with
WB: whole body
WBS: whole-body scintigraphy
Wd: would
With: withdrawal
Wks: weeks
Wt: weight
WW: watchful waiting
Y: year
131-I: 131-Iodine
2x2: two by two table of true/false positive values and true/false negative values
18F-FDG: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
201Tl SPET: 201Tl single photon emission tomography
201Tl SPECT: 201 Tl chloride single-photon emission CT
#: number
+: positive
-: negative
<: less than
>: greater than

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Received Dec. 27, 2000; accepted Dec. 27, 2000.

For correspondence or reprints contact: Sanjiv S. Gambhir, MD, PhD, UCLA School of Medicine, 700 Westwood Plaza, B3-399A BRI, Box 951770, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1770.

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