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

Yildirim, Fatma; Turk, Murat; AKDEMİR, ÜMİT; Yurdakul, AHMET; ÖZTÜRK, CAN

doi:10.12996/gmj.2018.48

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

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

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

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
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
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).