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Positron emission tomography/computed tomography and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in staging of advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer--initial results.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18424949     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (wbMRI) in the correct staging of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-two patients with an NSCLC stage IIIa or IIIb (36 males and 16 females) were included in this study. Patients were referred to our department for restaging. Within 1 week PET/CT and wbMRI were performed in all patients. Images were examined independently by 2 experienced physicians from the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology. Afterward, consensus reading was performed. In 22 patients, surgery served as gold standard, whereas in 30 patients, follow-up controls (after 2 months) were performed. RESULTS: The use of wbMRI correctly T-staged all patients. Especially volume interpolated breathhold examination sequence correctly T-staged all tumors. PET/CT did not correctly stage chest wall infiltration in 4 cases [sensitivity 92.3% (P < 0.05 to wbMRI)/specificity 100%], verified by surgery. PET/CT correctly N-staged 51 patients (sensitivity 96.1%/specificity 100%). WbMRI showed a significant tendency to understage N-status [sensitivity 88.5% (P < 0.05)/specificity 96.1%]. Different N-status by PET/CT changed operability in 4 patients. In 2 patients, distant metastases were detected by both techniques. CONCLUSION: In the correct staging of advanced NSCLC, PET/CT has advantages in N-staging. This is of high relevance for therapy planning. WbMRI especially using volume interpolated breathhold examination sequences, has certain advantages in T-staging.
Authors:
Christian Plathow; Philip Aschoff; Mathias Philip Lichy; Susanne Eschmann; Thomas Hehr; Ingo Brink; Claus D Claussen; Christina Pfannenberg; Heinz-Peter Schlemmer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Investigative radiology     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0020-9996     ISO Abbreviation:  Invest Radiol     Publication Date:  2008 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-04-21     Completed Date:  2008-09-19     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045377     Medline TA:  Invest Radiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  290-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. christian.plathow@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis*,  surgery
Contrast Media / administration & dosage
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / diagnostic use
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Iohexol / analogs & derivatives,  diagnostic use
Lung / pathology*,  radiography,  radionuclide imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Observer Variation
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Whole Body Imaging / methods*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media; 63503-12-8/Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; 66108-95-0/Iohexol; 73334-07-3/iopromide

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