TY - JOUR A2 - Tian, Mei AU - Chao, Fangfang AU - Zhang, Hong PY - 2012 DA - 2012/03/07 TI - PET/CT in the Staging of the Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer SP - 783739 VL - 2012 AB - Lung cancer is a common disease and the leading cause of cancer-related death in many countries. Precise staging of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer plays an important role in determining treatment strategy and prognosis. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), combining anatomic information of CT and metabolic information of PET, is emerging as a potential diagnosis and staging test in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the value of integrated PET/CT in the staging of the non-small-cell lung cancer and its health economics. SN - 2314-6133 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/783739 DO - 10.1155/2012/783739 JF - Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -