The Relationship Between Primary Tumor Metabolic Activity and Lymph Node and Distant Organ Metastasis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Yildirim F., Turk M., AKDEMİR Ü. Ö., Yurdakul A. S., ÖZTÜRK C.

GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.29, sa.3, ss.164-168, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12996/gmj.2018.48
  • Dergi Adı: GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.164-168
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: In our study we aimed to evaluate the relationship of SUVmax of (18)FDG uptake (metabolic activity) of the primary tumor on the pretreatment PET-CT to local invasion, lymph node metastasis and distant organ metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).