Long term follow-up of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) investigating early positron emission tomography (PET) scan as a predictor of outcome

Long term follow-up of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) investigating early positron emission tomography (PET) scan as a predictor of outcome

Abstract Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is effective in improving survival of resectable NSCLC. Based on findings in the adjuvant and metastatic setting, FDG positron emission tomography (PET) scans may offer early prognostic or predictive value after one cycle of induction chemotherapy. Method...

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Main Authors: Perrin E. Romine, Renato G. Martins, Keith D. Eaton, Douglas E. Wood, Fatemeh Behnia, Bernardo H. L. Goulart, Michael S. Mulligan, Sarah G. Wallace, Elizabeth Kell, Julie E. Bauman, Shilpen A. Patel, Hubert J. Vesselle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Non-small cell lung cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
(18F)-FDG PET
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5284-2

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