Objective To testify the efficacy of ^18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (^18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in the diagnosis of cancer. Methods A total of 170 patients with diagnosed cancer or suspicious cancer wer...Objective To testify the efficacy of ^18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (^18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in the diagnosis of cancer. Methods A total of 170 patients with diagnosed cancer or suspicious cancer were enrolled in this study, and underwent ^18F-FDG PET. The standard uptake value (SUV) and diameter for each abnormal region in PET images were analyzed. All data were analyzed by SPSS 11.5. Results PET scan identified a primary cancer in 45.8% (11/24) patients. The sensitivity and specificity of PET scan in differentiating malignant lesions from benign ones were 78.8% (52/66) and 77.1% (27/35) respectively. Twenty-nine out of 68 (42.6%) lesions were detected earlier by PET than by computed tomography. The SHV of primary cancer was significantly higher than that of metastatic lymph nodes (5.84± 3.12 vs. 3.14± 2.24, P〈0.001). And SLIV of primary lung cancer was also significantly higher than that of metastatic lung cancer (6.30±3.01 vs. 2.86±2.37, P〈0.01).Conclusion ^18F-FDG PET plays a very important role in cancer diagnosis.展开更多
文摘Objective To testify the efficacy of ^18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (^18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in the diagnosis of cancer. Methods A total of 170 patients with diagnosed cancer or suspicious cancer were enrolled in this study, and underwent ^18F-FDG PET. The standard uptake value (SUV) and diameter for each abnormal region in PET images were analyzed. All data were analyzed by SPSS 11.5. Results PET scan identified a primary cancer in 45.8% (11/24) patients. The sensitivity and specificity of PET scan in differentiating malignant lesions from benign ones were 78.8% (52/66) and 77.1% (27/35) respectively. Twenty-nine out of 68 (42.6%) lesions were detected earlier by PET than by computed tomography. The SHV of primary cancer was significantly higher than that of metastatic lymph nodes (5.84± 3.12 vs. 3.14± 2.24, P〈0.001). And SLIV of primary lung cancer was also significantly higher than that of metastatic lung cancer (6.30±3.01 vs. 2.86±2.37, P〈0.01).Conclusion ^18F-FDG PET plays a very important role in cancer diagnosis.