Correlation between EGFR mutation status and F18 -fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography image features in lung adenocarcinoma.

Lei ZhuGuotao YinWei ChenXiaofeng LiXiaozhou YuXiang ZhuWei JiangChaoyang JiaPeihe ChenYufan ZhangDi LuLijuan YuXubin LiWengui Xu

Published in: Thoracic cancer (2019)

Quantitative parameters based on 18 F-FDG PET-CT have modest power to predict the presence of EGFR mutation in lung adenocarcinoma; however, when compared to smoking history, they are not good or significant predictive factors.

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