Significance of imaging-related and other factors as predictors of survival time in non small cell lung cancer

Aims and Objectives : null To determine whether pre-treatment FDG PET-CTderived tumour SUVmax ,tumour and lymph node staging and other factors are predictors of survival in patients with NSCLC null null Methods null null 136 patients with NSCLC [adenocarcinoma 39%,squamous 37%, Large cell 17%,Undifferentiated 6%] who underwent staging FDG PET-CT before treatment were identified .Median followup 635 days. Tumour and nodal staging at PET-CT &...