2014
Lung cancer staging: the value of PET depends on the clinical setting
Detterbeck FC, Figueroa Almanzar S. Lung cancer staging: the value of PET depends on the clinical setting. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2014, 6: 1714-23. PMID: 25589964, PMCID: PMC4283348, DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.11.16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical settingEvaluation of patientsInvasive mediastinal stagingPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingValue of PETInvasive stagingImpact of PETM1 diseaseN2 diseasePET findingsMediastinal stagingLung cancerRealist synthesis methodResectionClinical contextTomography imagingPatientsRCTsEvaluation of differencesHigher chanceStagingInconsistent resultsDiseaseTraditional imaging
2004
Seeking a Home for a PET, Part 3 Emerging Applications of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in the Management of Patients With Lung Cancer
Detterbeck FC, Vansteenkiste JF, Morris DE, Dooms CA, Khandani AH, Socinski MA. Seeking a Home for a PET, Part 3 Emerging Applications of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in the Management of Patients With Lung Cancer. CHEST Journal 2004, 126: 1656-1666. PMID: 15539740, DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1656.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsManagement of patientsLung cancerPET imagingCycles of chemotherapyCompletion of treatmentPossible lung cancerIntensity of uptakePositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingPositron emission tomographyFurther technologic improvementsInduction therapyPatient outcomesBiological aggressivenessPatientsEmission tomographyTechnologic improvementsTomography imagingStaging approachRadiotherapy treatment fieldCancerTreatment fieldImagingTreatmentPET images