Journal article
Prevalence of occult metastatic disease in patients undergoing 18F‐FDG PET for primary diagnosis or staging of lung carcinoma and solitary pulmonary nodules
ST Lee, SU Berlangieri, AMT Poon, P Mitchell, K Pathmaraj, K Tabone, AJ Byrne, GJ O’Keefe, SR Knight, CP Clarke, AM Scott
Internal Medicine Journal | Wiley | Published : 2007
Abstract
AbstractBackground: Accurate staging of lung cancer is essential in determining the most appropriate management plan, as detection of occult metastasis can significantly alter management.Aims: The aims of this study are to determine the prevalence of occult metastasis in patients undergoing 2‐18F‐fluoro‐2‐deoxy‐D‐glucose (18F‐FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) for evaluation of suspected/proven lung carcinoma and correlate pre‐PET TNM stage with prevalence of metastasis.Methods: FDG‐PET, which identified patients with metastasis on institutional database, was re‐evaluated by a nuclear medicine physician blinded to clinical information. The confidence level of metastasis was scored on..
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