The purpose of this study was to validate the usefulness of positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) in predicting degree of malignancy and prognosis, evaluated in terms of Japan Integrated Staging (JIS) score, in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. etsushi-k@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp