18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in the evaluation of cancer treatment response

S Ben-Haim, P Ell - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
Multimodality imaging, as represented by its greatest exponent, PET/CT, has a firm place in
the evaluation of a patient presenting with cancer. With 18F-FDG, PET/CT is rapidly …

Effect of blood glucose level on standardized uptake value (SUV) in 18F- FDG PET-scan: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 20,807 individual SUV …

M Eskian, A Alavi, MH Khorasanizadeh… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the effect of pre-scan blood glucose levels (BGL) on standardized
uptake value (SUV) in 18 F-FDG-PET scan. Methods A literature review was performed in …

PET/CT in the staging of the non‐small‐cell lung cancer

F Chao, H Zhang - BioMed Research International, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is a common disease and the leading cause of cancer‐related death in many
countries. Precise staging of patients with non‐small‐cell lung cancer plays an important …

Multimodality approach to mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer. Faults and benefits of PET-CT: a randomised trial

BM Fischer, J Mortensen, H Hansen, P Vilmann… - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Correct mediastinal staging is a cornerstone in the treatment of patients with
non-small cell lung cancer. A large range of methods is available for this purpose, making …

Lymph node staging by means of positron emission tomography is less accurate in non-small cell lung cancer patients with enlarged lymph nodes: Analysis of 1145 …

N Al-Sarraf, K Gately, J Lucey, L Wilson, E McGovern… - Lung Cancer, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Despite documented superiority of integrated positron emission
tomography-computerized tomography (PET-CT) over computerized tomography (CT) in …

The future of bronchoscopy in diagnosing, staging and treatment of lung cancer

FJF Herth, R Eberhardt, A Ernst - Respiration, 2006 - karger.com
Bronchoscopy is a central technique in diagnosing lung cancer, but also in different
therapeutic approaches. A lot of techniques are available. The most common indication for …

Label-Free SERS Salivary Biosensor Based on Ni@ Ag Core–Shell Nanoparticles Anchored on Carbon Nanofibers for Prediagnosis of Lung Cancer

N Sunil, R Unnathpadi… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A highly sensitive, non-invasive, label-free, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-
based salivary sensor platform using carbon nanofiber surface-anchored bimetallic Nickel …

The role of new PET tracers for lung cancer

TA Szyszko, C Yip, P Szlosarek, V Goh, GJR Cook - Lung Cancer, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography–computed
tomography (PET/CT) is established for characterising indeterminate pulmonary nodules …

Relationship between maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of lung cancer and lymph node metastasis on FDG-PET

A Nambu, S Kato, Y Sato, H Okuwaki… - Annals of nuclear …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the relationship between SUVmax of primary lung cancers on FDG-
PET and lymph node metastasis. Method and materials The subjects were a total of …

Imaging of tumor characteristics and molecular pathways with PET: developments over the last decade toward personalized cancer therapy

LG Marcu, L Moghaddasi, E Bezak - International Journal of Radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Improvements in personalized therapy are made possible by the advances in
molecular biology that led to developments in molecular imaging, allowing highly specific in …