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Review
. 2009 Apr;57(4):184-91.
doi: 10.1007/s11748-008-0371-3. Epub 2009 Apr 15.

Positron emission tomography in lung cancer

Hiroaki Nomori  1 , Yasuomi Ohba, Kentaro Yoshimoto, Hidekatsu Shibata, Kenji Shiraishi, Takeshi Mori
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Positron emission tomography in lung cancer

Hiroaki Nomori et al. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

Recent advances in positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-deoxy-2-fluoro [F-18]-D: -glucose (FDG) has enabled not only the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer but also the prediction of its malignancy grade. However, FDG-PET has been known to have several pitfalls for imaging of lung cancer. For the effective clinical use of FDG-PET in lung cancer, we reviewed the pitfalls of using FDG-PET in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules, semiquantitative analysis of FDG-uptake, N-staging, prediction of tumor aggressiveness, prognostic significance, and prediction of pathological response after chemoradiotherapy.

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