Role of metabolic tumor volume based parameters evaluated from baseline whole body F18-FDG PET/CT in prediction of overall survival in Non-small cell lung cancer

Conclusions:Baseline metabolic tumor volume based parameters evaluated from primary tumor as well as the whole body tumor lesions are reliable prognostic markers of OS in NSCLC patients. However, SUV based baseline whole body PET/CT parameters (SUVmax, SUVavg, and TBR) have no prognostic value in these patients.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Tags: Lung Cancer I: Relationship between PET-Derived Metabolic Variables, Molecular Biomarkers and Prognosis Source Type: research