The value of preoperative positron emission tomography/computed tomography in differentiating the invasive degree of hypometabolic lung adenocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the value of preoperative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in differentiating the invasive degree of hypometabolic lung adenocarcinoma. We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients who underwent PET/CT examination, high-resolution computed tomography, and surgical resection for low-metabolism lung adenocarcinoma in our hospital between June 2016 and December 2021. We also investigated the relationship between the preoperative PET/CT findings and the pathological subtype of hypometabolic lung adenocarcinoma. A total of 128 lesions were found in 113 patients who underwent resection for lung adenocarcinoma, including 20 minimally invasive adenocarcinomas (MIA) and 108 invasive adenocarcinomas (IAC), whose preoperative PET/CT showed low metabolism. T

SUBMITTER: Su Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912592 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature