Prognostic Value of Thoracic FDG PET Imaging After Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Edward F. Patz, Jr.1,
John Connolly2 and
James Herndon3
1
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC
27710
2
Department of Radiology, Rush Medical Center, 1750 Harrison St., Chicago, IL
60612
3
Biometry Division, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3958, Durham, NC
27710

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Fig. 1A. 67-year-old man with history of stage I non-small cell lung
carcinoma. Posteroanterior chest radiograph shows postoperative changes in
right hemithorax. Note slight lobular fullness (arrows) adjacent to
surgical clips.
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Fig. 1B. 67-year-old man with history of stage I non-small cell lung
carcinoma. Axial 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography image in same region as A shows no evidence of recurrence.
Patient had no evidence of disease 24 months after resection.
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Fig. 2A. 56-year-old woman with history of stage II non-small cell lung
cancer. Posteroanterior chest radiograph shows minimum heterogeneous opacity
(arrow) in left hemithorax after thoracotomy.
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Fig. 2B. 56-year-old woman with history of stage II non-small cell lung
cancer. Axial CT image confirms minimum streaky opacity in left base
(arrow).
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Fig. 2C. 56-year-old woman with history of stage II non-small cell lung
cancer. Axial 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission
tomography image reveals significant FDG uptake in poorly defined residual
opacity (arrows). This patient had recurrent lung cancer.
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Fig. 3. Survival curves for patients with positive and negative findings on
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) after
treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. Solid line = negative PET results,
dotted line = positive PET results.
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