[HTML][HTML] British Thoracic Society guidelines for the investigation and management of pulmonary nodules: accredited by NICE

MEJ Callister, DR Baldwin, AR Akram, S Barnard… - Thorax, 2015 - thorax.bmj.com
This guideline is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on pulmonary nodules
and expert opinion. Although the management pathway for the majority of nodules detected …

Clinical applications of PET in oncology

EM Rohren, TG Turkington, RE Coleman - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) provides metabolic information that has been
documented to be useful in patient care. The properties of positron decay permit accurate …

Comparison of different methods for delineation of 18F-FDG PET–positive tissue for target volume definition in radiotherapy of patients with non–small cell lung cancer

U Nestle, S Kremp, A Schaefer-Schuler… - Journal of nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET with 18F-FDG (18F-FDG PET) is increasingly used in the definition of target volumes for
radiotherapy, especially in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this context …

Evaluation of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

MK Gould, J Fletcher, MD Iannettoni, WR Lynch… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Background Pulmonary nodules are spherical radiographic opacities that measure up to 30
mm in diameter. Nodules are extremely common in clinical practice and challenging to …

Evidence for the treatment of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

MM Wahidi, JA Govert, RK Goudar, MK Gould… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Background The solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a frequent incidental finding that may
represent primary lung cancer or other malignant or benign lesions. The optimal …

PET/CT: Form and Function1

TM Blodgett, CC Meltzer, DW Townsend - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) is playing an increasingly
important role in the diagnosis and staging of malignant disease, image-guided therapy …

[HTML][HTML] FDG PET-CT for solitary pulmonary nodule and lung cancer: literature review

D Groheux, G Quere, E Blanc, C Lemarignier… - Diagnostic and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The investigation of solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) and non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) has rapidly become one of the main indications for 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) …

PET/CT imaging in different types of lung cancer: an overview

V Ambrosini, S Nicolini, P Caroli, C Nanni… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Lung cancer (LC) still represents one of the most common tumours in both women and men.
PET/CT is a whole-body non-invasive imaging procedure that has been increasingly used …

Diagnostic and clinical significance of F-18-FDG-PET/CT thyroid incidentalomas

F Bertagna, G Treglia, A Piccardo… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Context: Thyroid incidentaloma diagnosed by 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron
emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18-FDG-PET/CT) is defined as a thyroid …

When should we recommend use of dual time-point and delayed time-point imaging techniques in FDG PET?

G Cheng, DA Torigian, H Zhuang, A Alavi - European journal of nuclear …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract FDG PET and PET/CT are now widely used in oncological imaging for tumor
characterization, staging, restaging, and response evaluation. However, numerous benign …