Performance of FDG-PET/CT in solitary pulmonary nodule based on pre-test likelihood of malignancy: results from the ITALIAN retrospective multicenter trial.

Laura EvangelistaAlberto CuocoloLeonardo PaceLuigi MansiSilvana Del VecchioPaolo MilettoSilvia SanfilippoSara PellegrinoLuca GuerraGiovanna PepeGiuseppina PelusoMarco SalvatoreRosj GalicchioMichele ZuffanteSalvatore AnnunziataMohsen FarsadAgostino ChiaravallotiMarco Spadafora

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2018)

Visual FDG-PET/CT has an acceptable performance in patients with SPN, but accuracy improves when SUVratios are considered, particularly in patients with intermediate and high risk of malignancy.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
pulmonary hypertension
study protocol
phase iii
clinical trial
phase ii
randomized controlled trial
rare case
open label