Comparison of Tumor Volumes as Determined by Pathologic Examination and FDG-PET/CT Images of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Pilot Study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1468-1474

  Yu, Jinming ^a   Li, Xinke ^a   Xing, Ligang ^a,b   Mu, Dianbin ^a   Fu, Zheng ^a   Sun, Xiaorong ^a,b   Sun, Xiangyu ^a   Yang, Guoren ^a   Zhang, Baijiang ^a   Sun, Xindong ^a   Ling, C Clifton ^b  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Pathologic tumor volume; PET CT imaging; Standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

CUT-OFF; FIXATION PROCESS; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; PET IMAGES; PILOT STUDIES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; SURGICAL SPECIMENS; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION; TUMOR VOLUMES; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GLUCOSE; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

EOSIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70350578388     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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