Tumor Metabolism of Lung Cancer in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Radiation Measured With F-18-FDG-PET

Technische Universität Dresden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00180154

BCA-FDG-FU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to describe the regional and global FDG-kinetics in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during percutaneous radiation therapy.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically confirmed NSCLC not curable by surgery
• Karnofsky > 80%
• Tumor volume and localization allow curative radiotherapy
• Written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Metastases
• Diabetes
• Pregnancy
• Psychiatric impairment