Lung Cancer
New Research on Lung Cancer from Brooke Army Medical Center Summarized
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 11th, 2011
2011 OCT 11 -- A new study, "Limitations of dual time point PET in the assessment of lung nodules with low FDG avidity," is now available. According to the authors of a study from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, "FDG PET has long shown efficacy in the evaluation of indeterminate pulmonary nodules. More recently, the use of dual time point imaging has been looked at as a means for improving sensitivity and accuracy."
"While initial reports were very promising, more recent results looking specifically at pulmonary lesions with low levels of FDG avidity demonstrated limitations. These lesions (initial maximum standard uptake value of less than 2.5) are of particular...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-10-11)
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