title: [PET/CT for diagnostics and therapy stratification of lung cancer].
abstract: With the introduction of positron emission tomography (PET) and more recently the hybrid systems PET/CT, the management of cancer patients in the treatment strategy has changed tremendously. The combination of PET with multidetector CT scanning enables the integration of metabolic and high resolution morphological image information. PET/CT is nowadays an established modality for tumor detection, characterization, staging and response monitoring. The increased installation of PET/CT systems worldwide and also the increased scientific publications underline the importance of this imaging modality. PET/CT is particular the imaging modality of choice in lung cancer staging and re-staging (T, N and M staging). The possible increased success of surgery in lung cancer patients and also the expected reduction in additional invasive diagnostics lead to benefits for both the individual patient and the healthcare system. In this review article PET and PET/CT is presented for diagnostic and therapeutic stratification in lung cancer. The fundamentals of glucose metabolism, staging, tumor recurrence and therapeutic monitoring are presented.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland. clemens.kratochwil@t-online.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kratochwil
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Haberkorn
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Giesel
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18