Early PET-CT After Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Stage 1 Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Is Predictive of Local Control.BACKGROUND/AIM
 The aim of this study was to evaluate positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) using fluorodeoxyglucose after SBRT in primary lung cancer.


 All had PET-CT evaluations before treatment, at 2 to 3 months and at 1 year post SBRT during the follow-up.


 Early PET-CT in 12/18 patients who did not experience local failure did not show any progression.  No conclusion could be drawn in four cases because early PET-CT was disturbed by inflammatory reaction.  Early PET-CT was not predictive of late outcome for two patients, as it showed a significant response followed by disease progression on late evaluation.



PET-CT
Early PET-CT After Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Stage 1 Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Is Predictive of Local Control.BACKGROUND/AIM
 The aim of this study was to evaluate positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) using fluorodeoxyglucose after SBRT in primary lung cancer.


 All had PET-CT evaluations before treatment, at 2 to 3 months and at 1 year post SBRT during the follow-up.


 Early PET-CT in 12/18 patients who did not experience local failure did not show any progression.  No conclusion could be drawn in four cases because early PET-CT was disturbed by inflammatory reaction.  Early PET-CT was not predictive of late outcome for two patients, as it showed a significant response followed by disease progression on late evaluation.



PET-CT
Early PET-CT After Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Stage 1 Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Is Predictive of Local Control.BACKGROUND/AIM
 The aim of this study was to evaluate positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) using fluorodeoxyglucose after SBRT in primary lung cancer.


 All had PET-CT evaluations before treatment, at 2 to 3 months and at 1 year post SBRT during the follow-up.


 Early PET-CT in 12/18 patients who did not experience local failure did not show any progression.  No conclusion could be drawn in four cases because early PET-CT was disturbed by inflammatory reaction.  Early PET-CT was not predictive of late outcome for two patients, as it showed a significant response followed by disease progression on late evaluation.



PET-CT