¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT in the assessment of atherosclerosis in lung cancer.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to assess the risk of atherosclerosis in patients with lung cancer compared to patients with extrapulmonary malignancies using ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT). We hypothesized that patients with lung cancer would demonstrate increased FDG uptake in the thoracic aorta compared to patients with extrapulmonary cancers. Thirty-four lung cancer patients (21 male, 13 female, 64.1 ± 12.9 yo) were retrospectively compared to seventy-eight patients with extrapulmonary malignancies (46 male, 32 female, 59.6 ± 12.8 yo). Average maximum standardized uptake value (avgSUVmax) and maximum target-to-blood pool ratio (TBRmax) were measured by mapping regions of interest of the ascending aorta, aortic arch, and descend

SUBMITTER: Koa B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936247 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature