Abstract. To clarify the stage of disease and selection of adequate treatment tactics in patients with peripheral NSCLC must be rational use of radiation and nuclear diagnostic methods in diagnosis of bone metastases. The article presents the results of using a complex of modern radiation and nuclear diagnostic methods (SPECT/CT, PET/CT with FDG) in 71 patients with peripheral NSCLC to detect bone metastases. The evaluation of the diagnostic capabilities of SPECT/CT and PET/CT with FDG is presented.
Key words: single photon emission tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (PNSCLC), metastases, bone.
A.V. Laryukov, R.Sh. Khasanov, V.P. Potanin, E.K. Laryukova
Tatarstan Cancer Center, Kazan
Kazan State Medical Academy, Kazan
Volga Region branch of N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Kazan
Laryukov A.V. ― Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of ultrasonic diagnostics, assistant of the Department of Oncology, radiology and palliative medicine of the Kazan State Medical Academy; Head of Radiology diagnostic department of Tatarstan Cancer Center
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