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Review
. 2011 May;26(2):132-46.
doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182128704.

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography in lung cancer staging, prognosis, and assessment of therapeutic response

Mylene T Truong  1 , Chitra Viswanathan, Jeremy J Erasmus
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Review

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography in lung cancer staging, prognosis, and assessment of therapeutic response

Mylene T Truong et al. J Thorac Imaging. 2011 May.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomographic scanning, using 18F-2-deoxy-D-glucose, complements conventional imaging evaluation of patients with lung cancer. The strength of PET scanning lies in the detection of nodal and extrathoracic metastases. PET scanning is also currently being studied in the assessment of prognosis and therapeutic response and has the potential to alter management of oncologic patients. This review will discuss the role of PET/computed tomographic scanning in the diagnosis, staging, and evaluation of prognosis and treatment response in patients with lung cancer.

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