PET-detected pneumonitis following curative-intent chemoradiation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): recognizing patterns and assessing the impact on the predictive ability of FDG-PET/CT response assessment.
Amir IravaniGuy-Anne TurgeonTim AkhurstJason W CallahanMathias BresselSarah J EverittShankar SivaMichael S HofmanRodney J HicksDavid L BallMichael P Mac ManusPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)
PET-pneumonitis is common in early post-CRT/RT, but pattern recognition may assist in response assessment by FDG-PET/CT. While FDG-PET/CT is a powerful tool for response assessment and prognostication, PET-pneumonitis does not appear to confound early response assessment or to independently predict OS.