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15539740

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an important tool to refine the diagnosis and staging approach in patients with a possible lung cancer. In addition, other applications of PET imaging are being explored. Data consistently show that the intensity of uptake on a PET scan correlates with the biological aggressiveness of a tumor. PET imaging for restaging after induction therapy does not appear to be accurate enough to guide management. The results of PET imaging late after completion of treatment are highly predictive of future survival, and changes in PET images after only one cycle of chemotherapy are predictive of how a patient will respond to that planned treatment. PET imaging may allow radiotherapy treatment fields to be planned with greater accuracy, although data on how this affects patient outcomes are not yet available. Further technologic improvements in PET scanners are likely to bring further benefits to the management of patients with lung cancer in the future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1656-66
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Seeking a home for a PET, part 3: Emerging applications of positron emission tomography imaging in the management of patients with lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical School Wing C - Room 354, CB #7065, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7065, USA. fdetter@med.unc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review