Imaging with F-18 FDG PET is superior to Tl-201 SPECT in the staging of non-small cell lung cancer for radical radiation therapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 483-490

  MacManus, Michael P ^a   Hicks, Rodney J ^a   Ball, David L ^a   Ciavarella, Filomena ^a   Binns, David ^a   Hogg, Annette ^a   Kalff, Victor ^a   Ware, Rob ^a   Wirth, Andrew ^a   Salminen, Eeva ^b   McKenzie, Allan ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Non small cell lung cancer; Positron emission tomography; Radiotherapy; Staging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THALLIUM 201;

AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035740022     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00960.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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