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Review
. 2008 Oct 4;8 Spec No A(Spec Iss A):S27-31.
doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.9006.

PET/CT for staging and monitoring non small cell lung cancer

Sheila Rankin  1
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Review

PET/CT for staging and monitoring non small cell lung cancer

Sheila Rankin. Cancer Imaging. .

Abstract

Correct staging of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is vital for appropriate management. Initial staging is usually performed with computerised tomography (CT), but increasingly functional imaging using integrated positron emission tomography and CT (PET/CT) is being used to provide more accurate staging, guide biopsies, assess response to therapy and identify recurrent disease.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Patient with NSCLC. PET/CT shows central tumour separate from distal consolidation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) NSCLC on the left with involved subcarinal (N2) nodes. (b) Same patient with involved right superior mediastinal nodes (N3), which are normal in size on CT.
Figure 3
Figure 3
(a) PET/CT shows uptake in the thoracic vertebra which is not identified on the diagnostic CT. (b) Same patient. Metastasis is seen on the MRI.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Recurrent disease shown on PET/CT in a patient who developed a broncho-pleural fistula 6 months after pneumonectomy.
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