Lung Cancer
New Lung Cancer Findings from Gaziantep University, Department of Nuclear Medicine Published
Published in Cancer Weekly, March 15th, 2011
2011 MAR 15 -- Research findings, 'Multiple muscle metastases from lung cancer detected by FDG PET/CT,' are discussed in a new report. "A 71-year-old man with right lung mass, who was recently diagnosed histopathologically with pulmonary adenocarcinoma, was referred for staging of the primary tumor. Whole-body F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) demonstrated multiple hypermetabolic foci in various skeletal muscle localizations, suggesting extensive metastatic muscle involvements in addition to increased FDG uptake in the primary tumor," investigators in Gaziantep, Turkey report.
"Subsequent biopsy and...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-03-15)
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