Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, March 16th, 2006
Study 1: The use of [F-18]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography [(18)FDG PET] in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was assessed.
"The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of (early) response measurements using (18)FDG-PET with respect to survival of patients with stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC undergoing induction chemotherapy (IQ, with a comparative analysis of PET methods. In a prospective multicenter study, PET was performed in patients before IC and after 1 and 3 cycles. Computed tomography (CT) was performed before...
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