[(18)]F Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET) scanning provides functional imaging based on glucose uptake by tumors. Melanoma is a glucose-avid malignancy, and preoperative PET scanning in melanoma patients has the potential to guide appropriate treatment.
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. bradym@mskcc.org