Efficacy of computed tomography of the thorax and upper abdomen and whole-body gallium scintigraphy for staging of lung cancer

摘要: To assess the efficacy of performing both computed tomography (CT) thorax and upper abdomen whole-body gallium scintigraphy for staging lung cancer, results each test were compared with those obtained by chest radiography clinical examination in 100 patients. Clinical was defined terms accuracy tumor based either on surgery, biopsy, or radiologic follow-up. The CT provided significantly superior 27 patients minor additional information 17 scan. Whole-body important nine a further eight. diagnostic yield scanning considered equivalent 39 cases. Of cases which to CT, findings suggested presence metastases had been noted before scan four authors' confirm utility cancer indicate that from is relatively low thorough history physical have performed.