Tag: <span>F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)</span>

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FDG-PET appears promising for predicting prognosis of patients with inoperable NSCLC

The prognosis for patients with stage II and III inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poor, with only about 15 percent of patients surviving at five years post-treatment for the disease. While new treatment strategies are being intensely studied, timely assessment of their efficacy has proven difficult. In a presentation today, Mitchell Machtay, MD,...