Lowe V J, Naunheim K S
Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri 63110-0250, USA.
Thorax. 1998 Aug;53(8):703-12. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.8.703.
Continuing advances in PET imaging have resulted in an improved ability to evaluate thoracic malignancies. Published reports demonstrate that PET provides accurate, non-invasive detection and staging of thoracic malignancy. Preliminary studies suggest that PET may also be able to assess the therapeutic response accurately. The studies investigating PET have been relatively small but have shown statistically significant advantages over conventional non-invasive techniques in accuracy and possibly even cost/benefit performance in thoracic malignancies.
正电子发射断层显像(PET)成像技术的不断进步,提高了评估胸部恶性肿瘤的能力。已发表的报告表明,PET能对胸部恶性肿瘤进行准确的非侵入性检测和分期。初步研究表明,PET或许还能够准确评估治疗反应。对PET进行研究的规模相对较小,但已显示出在准确性方面相较于传统非侵入性技术具有统计学上的显著优势,甚至在胸部恶性肿瘤的成本效益表现方面可能也是如此。