Lung cancer screening experience: a retrospective review of PET in 22 non-small cell lung carcinomas detected on screening chest CT in a high-risk population.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of our study was to retrospectively review the PET results of non-small cell lung carcinomas detected on screening chest CT in a high-risk population.


CONCLUSIONS
PET findings were negative in 32% of the cases of non-small cell carcinomas that were detected on screening CT in a high-risk patient population. These tumors were small, low-grade, or both. The most common histology was bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma. The role of PET in evaluating screening-detected indeterminate nodules in a high-risk population may be more limited than in a general population.
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Rebecca M
RM
Lindell
Thomas E
TE
Hartman
Stephen J
SJ
Swensen
James R
JR
Jett
David E
DE
Midthun
Mark A
MA
Nathan
Val J
VJ
Lowe
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed