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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) requires a multidisciplinary approach to diagnose, stage, and address patients to a correct therapy. In the last few years, the advent of FDG PET/CT has dramatically influenced the staging, the treatment, and the follow-up of NSCLC patients. Main applications of PET/CT are evaluation of pulmonary lesions, staging, response to treatment assessment, and follow-up of patients with NSCLC.
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Fanti, S., Farsad, M., Mansi, L., Castellucci, P. (2018). Thoracic Malignancies. In: Atlas of PET-CT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57742-4_5
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