Clinical significance of PET/CT uptake for peripheral clinical N0 non-small cell lung cancer.

Shuai WangDong LinXiaodong YangCheng ZhanShihai ZhaoRongkui LuoQun WangLijie Tan

Published in: Cancer medicine (2020)

Preoperative SUVmax is a predictor of pathological nodal metastasis and prognosis for peripheral cN0 NSCLC patients with tumor size ≤2 cm. Our results indicate that assessment of PET SUVmax could improve stratification of these patients.

Keyphrases

pet ct
end stage renal disease
positron emission tomography
ejection fraction
small cell lung cancer
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
lymph node
peritoneal dialysis
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
radiation therapy
advanced non small cell lung cancer
pet imaging