TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the studies included in the systematic review

Authors	Year	Journal	Country	Study Design	Device used	Number of patients performing PET	Mean age (years)	Sex (%male)	Number of OS
Garcia et al.23	1996	J Nucl Med	USA	Prospective	PET	48	40	50	18
Schulte et al.19	2000	J Nucl Med	Germany	Prospective	PET	202	28	63	44
Franzius et al.29	2001	Ann Oncol	Germany	Retrospective	PET	71	14	63	32
Iagaru et al.30	2006	Nucl Med Commun	USA	Retrospective	PET and PET/CT	106	45	49	21
Kneisl et al.20	2006	Clin Orthop Relat Res	USA	Retrospective	PET	55	NA	51	38
Tateishi et al.25	2007	Radiology	Japan	Retrospective	PET and PET/CT	117	42	59	19
Völker et al.24	2007	J Clin Oncol	Germany	Prospective	PET	46	13	52	11
Charest et al.21	2009	Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging	Canada	Retrospective	PET/CT	212	47	52	24
Piperkova et al.26	2009	Clin Nucl Med	USA	Retrospective	PET/CT	93	50	36	15
London et al.27	2011	Pediatr Radiol	Australia	Retrospective	PET/CT	41	13	63	20
Bandopadhyaya et al.28	2012	ISRN Oncol	India	Prospective	PET/CT	22	21	63	22
Cistaro et al.31	2012	Pediatr Blood Cancer	Italy	Retrospective	PET/CT	18	14	61	11
Fuglø et al.21	2012	Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging	Denmark	Retrospective	PET/CT	30	30	47	14

OS = osteosarcoma; NA = not available