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Adenocarcinoma
New findings from University of Kentucky in the area of adenocarcinoma published
March 17th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "The value of F-18 FDG PET for the staging of non-small-cell carcinoma is well established. PET reveals sites of metastatic disease undetected by conventional imaging, and it has the potential for disclosing unrelated pathology." "Reported is the case of a 59-year old, with right chest wall pain and a nonproductive cough. A staging whole torso PET revealed an intensely hypermetabolic cavitary right lung mass and a site of intense FDG localization within the floor of the pelvis near the midline of the prostatic base. Subsequent right pneumonectomy and prostatic needle core biopsies yielded histologically different...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-17)
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