May 7, 2013

It adds up: Quantitative PET may help stage lung cancer

MolecularImaging, April 30, 2013, Kathy Fay Mahdoubi reported on an article to appear this month which evaluates the use of PET for staging lung cancer.  “For patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma, volumetric data derived from quantitative PET imaging could provide more precision staging and inform physicians about patient survival, according to a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.”