Positron emission tomography in lung cancer.
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 prediction of its malignancy grade. However, FDG-PET has been known to have several pitfalls for imaging of lung cancer. For the effective clinical use of FDG-PET in lung cancer, we reviewed the pitfalls of using FDG-PET in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules, semiquantitative analysis of FDG-uptake, N-staging, prediction of tumor aggressiveness, prognostic significance, and prediction of pathological response after chemoradiotherapy.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan. hnomori@qk9.so-net.ne.jp
Hiroaki
H
Nomori
Yasuomi
Y
Ohba
Kentaro
K
Yoshimoto
Hidekatsu
H
Shibata
Kenji
K
Shiraishi
Takeshi
T
Mori
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18