Lung Cancer
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital detail new studies and findings in the area of lung cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, February 19th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the structural and metabolic characteristics of atelectasis in FDG-PET/CT. Twenty one consecutive patients (13 males, 8 females, median age 67 years) with CT features of atelectasis, undergoing PET/CT imaging for preoperative staging of histologically proven malignancies (20 lung cancer and I ovarian cancer metastasis to lung), were included in the study."
"Hounsfield units of atelectasis (-383.58 +/- 189, range -631 to 82) were significantly higher than in normal lung (-756 +/- 67.46, range -839 to -555; P = 0.0001), and lower than in malignant tissue (35 +/- 19, range 4-77; P =...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-02-19)
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