Gallium scanning and tomography in the preoperative evaluation of lung cancer

Journal Article · Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19860715)58:2<341::AID-CNCR2820580223>3.0.CO;2-Q· OSTI ID:5095815

Santiago, S; Houston, D; Ezer, J; Rose, J; Nagai, E; Williams, A

Discrepant reports on the utility of gallium scanning in the preoperative evaluation of patients with lung cancer prompted a prospective study of the test. The authors studied 47 patients with lung cancer who underwent preoperative gallium scanning and frontal tomography of the mediastinum. Both tests were found to be most accurate in predicting the presence of mediastinal metastases among patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Both test may help direct surgical planning in patients with known squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

• OSTI ID: 5095815
• Journal Information: Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States), Vol. 2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
LUNGS
SCINTISCANNING
TOMOGRAPHY
ACCURACY
CARCINOMAS
DIAGNOSIS
GALLIUM 67
MEDIASTINUM
METASTASES
PATIENTS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
CHEST
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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