Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging: Prospective Comparison of Conventional Staging Tests, FDG PET/CT, Whole-Body MRI, and Coregistered FDG PET/MRI
Yoshiharu Ohno, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Daisuke Takenaka, Hisanobu Koyama, Kota Aoyagi, Masao Yui, Yuka Oshima, Nayu Hamabuchi, Yumi Tanaka, Chika Shigemura, Seiichiro Oota, Masahiko Nomura, Kazuhiro Murayama, Yoshitaka Inui, Kaoru Kikukawa, Hiroshi Toyama
Abstract
Incorporation of either MRI approach may improve initial staging evaluation in SCLC.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineNuclear medicineLung cancerRadiologyStage (stratigraphy)Positron emission tomographyMalignancyMagnetic resonance imagingPET-CTLung cancer stagingWhole body imagingCancer stagingProspective cohort studyCancerBiopsyPathologyInternal medicineMediastinoscopyBiologyPaleontologyLung Cancer Research StudiesNeuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations