Patients undergoing multiple 18 F-FDG PET/CT exams: Assessment of frequency, dose and disease classification.

F-FDG PET/CT exams in a calendar year, one of four patients in two years and one of eight patients received cumulative dose≥100 mSv. Top malignancies associated with serial imaging in decreasing order of frequency included melanoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), gastrointestinal cancer, breast cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma.