[Positron emission tomography using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in the management of nonsmall cell lung cancers in 2006]
F Vaylet1, A Bonnichon, Y Salles
1Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92141 Clamart, France. vaylet.fabien@gmail.com
Abstract:
Technological progress and numerous published studies allow to estimate the best place of the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, a real functional metabolic imagery, in the clinical and therapeutic strategy of non small cell lung cancers.
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