Integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using 2-[18 F]
fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (18 F-FDG) has emerged as a powerful tool for combined …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality among both males and females
throughout the world. Worldwide, as many as one million people are affected by the disease …

Introduction: Lung cancer (LC) is a leading cause of death among men and women, with
non-small cell LC (NSCLC) accounting for a substantial portion of the histopathological …

Abstract Positron emission tomography with 2-(18 F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG-PET)
is a metabolic imaging technique. FDG-PET is more accurate than CT for the evaluation of …

Reports on positron emission tomography have become more common in the oncology
literature. After a short introduction to positron emission tomography, this review will look at …

Background: To analyse current literature on FDG-PET for evaluation of lung lesions, N-
staging, M-staging, and recurrence of lung cancer for the third German Consensus …

Background Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been
recognized for diagnosing and staging lung cancer, but the prognostic value of standardized …

Lung cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer-related death in both men and women
in most Western countries. Although 5-year survival rates have doubled from 1960s they are …

Over the past several years, positron emission tomography (PET) has become a clinically
useful, noninvasive study which complements conventional imaging (chest radiographs …

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has provided an
incremental dimension to the management of cancer patients by allowing the incorporation …