Fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT Imaging in Finding Cancer in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Solid Tumors

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients must be 18 years of age or older.
* Patients must either have a histologic-confirmed solid malignancy or have a suspected solid malignancy which has required a diagnostic preoperative PET/CT scan or for which a diagnostic preoperative PET/CT scan has been recommended
* Patients must clinically have been determined to be a candidate for the indicated surgical procedure.
* Patients may have had prior surgery and/or chemotherapy with no limit to the number of prior therapeutic procedures or chemotherapeutic regimens.
* Patients must have a performance status of 0, 1 or 2 by ECOG standards.
* Patients must give written informed consent, including consent to have IV line placed for 18F-FDG administration.
* Females of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test (by Beta HCG qualitative analysis), must have had a history of a surgical sterilization, or must give history of no menses in past twelve months.
* Fasting blood sugar less than 200 mg/dl.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any patient with active CNS tumor involvement.
* Any patient who is pregnant or lactating.
* Any patient with a body size and habitus that is determined to prohibit use of the diagnostic equipment.
* Any patient with a tumor burden that is determined to be so great (as determined by preoperative PET/CT scanning or intraoperative findings) that further surgery is not advised.