Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2017;33(9):1412-1416

doi:10.13929/j.1003-3289.201702098

Value of PET/CT in staging and treatment of small cell lung cancer

Yongxin XIAO ; Hong YU ; Shiyuan LIU ; Jing LIU ; Qiong LI ; Yinan CHEN ; Lin ZHU ; Kai NIE

Keywords

Carcinoma,small cell; Lung; Tomography,X-ray computed

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Small cell lung cancer is the most common primary neuroendocrine malignancy of the lung and is characterized by high malignant degree,rapid doubling time,easy metastasis in early stage and poor prognosis.Accurate staging of small cell lung cancer can formulate personalized therapeutic plans and improve the prognosis of patients.PET/CT can obtain metabolism and anatomical images of the whole body in one scan and improve the diagnostic accuracy and integrity.PET/CT has been widely applied to clinical practice now.PET/CT will play a more and more important role in diagnosis,staging,treatment and prognosis assessment of patients with small cell lung cancer.The value of PET/CT in staging and treatment of small cell lung cancer was reviewed in this article.