Sequential scintigraphic staging of small cell carcinoma
Thirty patients with small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung were sequentially staged following a history and physical exam with liver, bran, bone, and gallium-67 citrate scans. Scintigraphic evaluation disclosed 7 of 30 patients (23%) with advanced disease, stage IIIM1. When Gallium-67 scans were used as the sole criteria for staging, they proved to be accurate and identified six of the seven patients with occult metastatic disease. Gallium-67 scans proved to be accurate in detecting thoracic and extrathoracic metastases in the 30 patients with SCC, especially within the liver and lymph node-bearing area. The diagnostic accuracy of gallium-67 fell in regions such as bone or brain. Despite the limitations of gallium-67 scanning, the authors conclude that these scans are useful in staging patients with SCC and should be the initial scans used in staging such patients.
- OSTI ID:
- 5392776
- Journal Information:
- Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States), Vol. 47:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BRAIN
SCINTISCANNING
CARCINOMAS
DIAGNOSIS
GALLIUM 67
DIAGNOSTIC USES
LIVER
LYMPH NODES
SKELETON
ACCURACY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
LUNGS
METASTASES
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
GLANDS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
NEOPLASMS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
551001 - Physiological Systems- Tracer Techniques
550901 - Pathology- Tracer Techniques