title: The role of positron emission tomography in the management of non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: The potential use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is broadly divided into 5 categories: management of solitary pulmonary nodule, mediastinal lymph node evaluation, detection of metastases, evaluation of response to chemoradiation and detection of recurrence. The purpose of this review is to discuss the current clinical applications of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET in patients with NSCLC and to discuss future applications and developments of this technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Scarborough Hospital, Toronto, Ont. abehzadi@tsh.to
authors.forename: Abdollah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behzadi
authors.forename: Yee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ung
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deschamps
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18