Measurement of Perfusion in Stage IIIA-N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using H215O and Positron Emission Tomography

CJ Hoekstra, SG Stroobants, OS Hoekstra, EF Smit… - Clinical Cancer …, 2002 - AACR
… Measurement of tumor perfusion using positron emission … (NSCLC) using H 2 15 O and
positron emission tomography. … performed in 10 patients with stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC. Blood flow (…

Prospective comparative study of integrated positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan compared with remediastinoscopy in the assessment of …

P De Leyn, S Stroobants, W De Wever… - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
… stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC patients with surgical treatment at our institution who fulfilled the
inclusion criteria were entered in this prospective study with informed consent. Stage IIIA-N2 was …

[HTML][HTML] Postinduction positron emission tomography assessment of N2 nodes is not associated with ypN2 disease or overall survival in stage IIIA non–small cell lung …

RT Ripley, K Suzuki, KS Tan, PS Adusumilli… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
… Induction therapy is often recommended for patients with clinical stage IIIA-N2 (cIIIA/pN2)
lung cancer. We examined whether postinduction positron emission tomography (PET) scans …

The value of [18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in the selection of patients with stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer for combined …

CJ Hoekstra, SG Stroobants, OS Hoekstra… - Lung cancer, 2003 - Elsevier
IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is at present studied extensively. To select
patients with truly stage IIIA-N2 … -d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) in IIIA-N2

… on the combination of morphometric-pathologic response in mediastinal nodes and primary tumor response on serial 18-fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose positron emission …

C Dooms, E Verbeken, S Stroobants… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Surgical resection in patients with stage IIIA-N2 non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
is usually reserved for patients with mediastinal downstaging after induction …

Clinical significance of 18F-FDG uptake by N2 lymph nodes in patients with resected stage IIIA N2 non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

GJ Cheon, DH Choe, BH Byun, HJ Kang, JS Koh… - Lung Cancer, 2008 - Elsevier
… tumors and N2 nodes on positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with stage IIIA N2
non… and proved pathologically to have stage IIIA N2 disease between January 2000 and April …

Survival of patients with unsuspected N2 (stage IIIA) nonsmall-cell lung cancer

RJ Cerfolio, AS Bryant - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
… Pathologically, N2 disease has been referred to as bulky, … N2 disease in only 2.9% and
3.7%, respectively, of patients with NSCLC who are staged as N0 after both positron emission

Performance characteristics of Positologica III: a whole-body positron emission tomograph

M Senda, N Tamaki, Y Yonekura… - Journal of computer …, 1985 - journals.lww.com
… tion of "N labeled nitrogen gas in a normal volunteer. The concentration was approximately
… Following the equilibrium scan, the radioactive nitrogen gas was washed out with room air …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 positron-emission tomography on the surgical staging of non–small cell lung cancer

H Vesselle, JM Pugsley, E Vallières… - The Journal of thoracic and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Positron-emission tomography correctly differentiated resectable stages IA … IIIA (N1)
from stages IIIA (N2) through IV in 88.7% of cases. In identifying N2 or N3 disease, positron-emission

[HTML][HTML] Restaging patients with N2 (stage IIIa) non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A prospective study

RJ Cerfolio, AS Bryant, B Ojha - The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular …, 2006 - Elsevier
… A prospective trial of patients with biopsy-proven N2 disease who underwent initial
clinical staging with mediastinoscopy, integrated positron emission tomography/computed …