Role of PET-CT in diagnosis of lung cancer
- VernacularTitle:PET-CT在肺癌诊断中的应用价值
- Author:
Binbin ZHANG
;
Changli WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
lung cancer;
PET-CT
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2001;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Lung cancer is one of the most common malignancies that are life-treatening to human beings.It ranks the first both in morbidity and mortality of malignant tumors.Early diagnosis,accurate staging,proper treatment and improvement of prognosis are the focuses of related studies in recent years.Imaging diagnosis is the main method for diagnosis of lung cancer.The development of imaging diagnosis and the application of advanced techniques such as CT scan,low-dose helical CT scan,MRI,PET and PET-CT ,play a great role in early diagnosis and staging of lung cancer.Recent researches have demonstrated that ET is one of the most efficient non-invasive methods for diagnosis of lung cancers.However,PET has limitation in precise location of the focus.PET-CT integrates the functions of CT and PET together,and is able to locate the focus precisely.This article mainly reviews the value of PET-CT in the diagnosis of lung cancer.
