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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2015

PET in the management of locally advanced and metastatic NSCLC.

Willem Grootjans, Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei, Esther G C Troost, Eric P Visser, Wim J G Oyen, Johan Bussink

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Willem GrootjansDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, Netherlands.
Esther G C TroostDepartment of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO) GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Eric P VisserDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Wim J G OyenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Johan BussinkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite considerable improvements in the treatment options for advanced-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), disease-specific survival remains poor. With the aim of improving patient outcome, the treatment paradigm of locally advanced NSCLC has shifted from solely radiotherapy towards combined and intensified treatment approaches. Also, treatment for patients with stage IV (oligo)metastatic NSCLC has evolved rapidly, with therapeutic options that include a number of targeted agents, surgery, and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. However, personalizing treatment to the individual patient remains difficult and requires monitoring of biological parameters responsible for treatment resistance to facilitate treatment selection, guidance, and adaptation. PET is a well-established molecular imaging platform that enables non-invasive quantification of many biological parameters that are relevant to both local and systemic therapy. With increasing clinical evidence, PET has gradually evolved from a purely diagnostic tool to a multifunctional imaging modality that can be utilized for treatment selection, adaptation, early response monitoring, and follow up in patients with NSCLC. Herein, we provide a comprehensive overview of the available clinical data on the use of this modality in this setting, and discuss future perspectives of PET imaging for the clinical management of patients with locally advanced and metastatic NSCLC.

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDisease ManagementHumansLung NeoplasmsNeoplasm StagingPatient-Centered CarePatient SelectionPositron-Emission TomographyRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted

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