Objectives Although positron emission tomography (PET) using 18 F-fluorodeoxy-glucose
(FDG) frequently gives false-negative results for slow-growing tumors, 11 C-acetate (AC) …

BACKGROUND: Positron-emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxy-glucose (FDG)
frequently gives false-negative results for well-differentiated adenocarcinomas of the lung …

Background To determine the usefulness of positron emission tomography (PET) with 11 C-
acetate (AC) for imaging lung adenocarcinoma and evaluating its tumor aggressiveness, AC …

Positron emission tomography (PET) with 11C-acetate has been recently reported in
detection of slow-growing tumors, such as well-differentiated adenocarcinomas of the lung …

Abstract Recently carbon-11 acetate (AC) positron emission tomography (PET) has been
reported to be of clinical value for the diagnosis of cancer that is negative on fluorine-18 …

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 …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to address the efficacy of 2-[F-18]-Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-
glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the staging of non-small cell lung …

Despite advances in morphological imaging, some patients with lung cancer are found to
have nonresectable disease at surgery or die of recurrence within yr of surgery. We …

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 …

Positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18 deoxyglucose (FDG), showing
increased FDG uptake and retention in malignant cells, has been proven useful to …