[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Outcome of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Sasaki R, Komaki R, Macapinlac H, Erasmus J, Allen P, Forster K, Putnam JB, Herbst RS, Moran CA, Podoloff DA, Roth JA, Cox JD. [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Outcome of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2005, 23: 1136-1143. PMID: 15718309, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.06.129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant metastasis-free survivalDisease-free survivalStandardized uptake valueLocal-regional controlHigh standardized uptake valueLower standardized uptake valuesCell lung cancerOverall survivalPrimary tumorPrognostic factorsPositron emission tomographyLung cancerBetter disease-free survivalEmission tomographyBetter DFS rateSignificant prognostic factorsKaplan-Meier methodStrong prognostic factorMetastasis-free survivalRegional lymph nodesBest discriminative valueLog-rank testSame cutoff pointIIIB NSCLCCurative surgery