Lung cancer is a fairly common malignancy. An early diagnosis and a reliable staging and
re-staging with the aim to detect both local and distant relapse are of utmost importance in …

Introduction Disease stage is the most important prognostic factor in lung cancer, and
optimal staging is important to determine the best therapeutic option. FDG-PET/CT has …

Purpose Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is a resource-
demanding imaging modality with increasing popularity in the workup of patients with …

Objective To test a software application for the quantification of metabolic heterogeneity and
to evaluate its superiority in relation to visual interpretation. To investigate if a quantitative …

Background Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) is
a reliable imaging modality for the diagnosis of malignant lung nodules and to assess the …

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide and
its prognosis remains poor. Molecular imaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT can metabolically …

Objective: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death throughout the
world, and the correct choice of treatment based on early diagnosis and staging increases …

More than one decade ago, introduction of integrated PET/CT scanners changed oncologic
imaging and oncologic patient management profoundly. With these systems, the metabolic …

Purpose To compare the diagnostic efficacies of 18 F-FLT and 18 F-FDG PET/CT in non-
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), focusing on the correlation between FLT and FDG tumour …

18F-FDG PET is increasingly used for lung cancer; however, some insufficient results have
been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of dual–time-point 18F …