[Standards, Options and Recommendations 2002 for the use of Positron Emission Tomography with XXXX (PET-FDG in cancerology (integral connection].

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CONTEXT: The "Standards, Options and Recommendations" (SOR) project, started in 1993, is a collaboration between the Federation of French @entity5 centers (FNCLCC), the 20 French @entity5 centers, scientific societies, and specialists from French public universities, general hospitals and private clinics. The main objective is the development of clinical practice guidelines to improve the quality of health care and the outcome of @entity5 @entity1 . The methodology is based on a literature review and critical appraisal by a multidisciplinary group of experts, with feedback from specialists in @entity5 care delivery. OBJECTIVES: To develop clinical practice guidelines for the use of positron emission tomography with @entity419 in oncology according to the definitions of the Standards, Options and Recommendations project. METHODS: More than 600 articles were identified by searching Medline, web sites, and using the personal reference lists of members of the expert groups. Once the guidelines were defined, the document was submitted for review to independent reviewers (n = 82). RESULTS: The different steps in @entity1 care are studied in this report: diagnosis of the @entity66 , initial and secondary assessment of metastatic extension, evaluation of treatment response and examination for recurrence. The guidelines were developed for each @entity5 sites: bronchopulmonary and @entity5 , @entity320 , gynaecological @entity5 , @entity1820 , @entity135 , @entity5 , @entity706 , soft-tissue and @entity79 , @entity5 of unknown primary site. The recommendations were made on the basis of data published up to February 2002. Systematic monitoring of the new scientific data on FDG-PET has been set up by the working group of the FNCLCC, which will ensure dissemination of the updating on its web site: www.fnclcc.fr/sor.htm.
