Lung cancer staging now and in the future

CK Liam, S Andarini, P Lee, JCM Ho, NQ Chau… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For a long time lung cancer was associated with a fatalistic approach by healthcare
professionals. In recent years, advances in imaging, improved diagnostic techniques and …

Effectiveness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of osteosarcoma: a meta-analysis of 26 studies

F Liu, Q Zhang, D Zhou, J Dong - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Multiple trials have attempted to assess the diagnostic value of 18 F-
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18 F-FDG …

The role of PET/CT as a prognosticator and outcome predictor in lung cancer

B Khiewvan, P Ziai, S Houshmand… - Expert review of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is an important imaging tool
for management of lung cancer and can be utilized in diagnosis, staging, restaging …

Optimal sequence of tests for the mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer

M Luque, FJ Díez, C Disdier - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision …, 2016 - Springer
Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most prevalent type of lung cancer
and the most difficult to predict. When there are no distant metastases, the optimal therapy …

Impact of preoperative [18F]FDG PET/CT vs. contrast-enhanced CT in the staging and survival of patients with clinical stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer: a 10 …

JT Lin, XM Li, WZ Zhong, QY Hou, CL Liu… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives To elucidate the impact of [18F] FDG positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) vs. CT workup on staging and prognostic evaluation of clinical stage …

Hybrid imaging worldwide—challenges and opportunities for the developing world: a report of a technical meeting organized by IAEA

R Kashyap, M Dondi, D Paez, G Mariani - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
The growth in nuclear medicine, in the past decade, is largely due to hybrid imaging,
specifically single-photon emission tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) and …

Cost-effectiveness analysis of strategies introducing integrated 18F-FDG PET/CT into the mediastinal lymph node staging of non-small-cell lung cancer

Y Han, H Xiao, Z Zhou, M Yuan, Y Zeng… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of the study was to establish the most cost-effective strategy for using
integrated 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET and computed tomography (CT) for mediastinal …

Functional imaging for interpretation of pain pathways: current clinical application/relevance and future initiatives

CFM Clarke, KS Lawrence - Current pain and headache reports, 2013 - Springer
Functional imaging of the central nervous system has been utilized since the 1970s focusing
on the concept that neural functioning is coupled to regional cerebral blood flow. This has …

Cost-effectiveness analysis of positron-emission tomography-computed tomography in preoperative staging for nonsmall-cell lung cancer with resected …

X Zeng, L Peng, C Tan, Y Wang - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: The aim of this study was, from the Chinese healthcare perspective, to assess
the cost-effectiveness of positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) …

Health economic evaluations of medical devices in the People's Republic of China: A systematic literature review

R Zhang, F Modaresi, O Borisenko - … and Outcomes Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background The objective of this study is to identify and review the methodological quality of
health economic evaluations of medical devices performed in the People's Republic of …