title: Ga-67 scan as a prognostic indicator in primary lung carcinoma.
abstract: GA-67 scintigraphy was performed on 74 patients with a variety of histologic types of untreated primary lung carcinoma. Ga-67 uptake was determined, allowing for differences in tumor size. Ga-67 uptake was compared with the response to the incidence of metastases, and to host survival in the 74 patients. From these results, it is suggested that the greater the Ga-67 accumulation in the tumor, the higher the incidence of metastases and the shorter the host survival. Ga-67 scintigraphy appears to be a valuable tool in indicating the prognosis following radiation therapy in patients with primary lung carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes