Paclitaxel-Based Chemotherapy for NonSmall Cell Lung Cancer: Predicting the Response with 99mTc-Tetrofosmin Chest Imaging
Chia-Hung Kao,
Jih-Fang Hsieh,
Shih-Chuan Tsai,
Yung-Jen Ho,
Sheng-Ping ChangLai and
Jong-Kang Lee
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Show-Chwan Hospital, Changhua; Department of Radiology, Jen-Ai Hospital, Taichung; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical and Dental College, Taichung; and Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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FIGURE 1. In patient 1, who had good response to paclitaxel, both early and delayed anterior and posterior 99mTc-TF chest images show significant 99mTc-TF uptake by lung cancer (arrows).
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FIGURE 2. In patient 11, who had poor response to paclitaxel, both early and delayed anterior and posterior 99mTc-TF chest images show no definite 99mTc-TF uptake by lung cancer.
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