Abstract:Background: Radical surgery of gastric cancer is considered as the only curative treatment; however, its poor longterm survival is often occurred due to its recurrence either local and/or distant metastasis. Thus, early detection of recurrence helps in improving the prognosis. Our aim is to assess the diagnostic role of 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting postoperative recurrence in gastric cancer patients who have a radiological and/or clinical suspicion of recurrence. Results: The study was carried over 31 males (6… Show more
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