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- Title
<sup>201</sup>Tl/<sup>67</sup>Ga Uptake Ratio in Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung: With Special Reference to Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase and Prognosis.
- Authors
Togawa, Takashi; Higuchi, Yoshisuke; Kimura, Kazue
- Abstract
201Tl/67Ga crude uptake ratio (CUR) was measured in 12 patients with small cell carcinoma of the lung (SCCL); it was further compared with serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and the actual survival times. A significant inverse correlation was observed between CUR and serum NSE (r =0.610; p <0.05); CUR also correlated with actual survival time (r = 0.605; p <0.05). Oat cell-type SCCL having a low CUR and highly raised serum NSE, showed a poorer prognosis than the other subtype which has a high CUR whose serum NSE was not raised as much as in oat cell-type SCCL. This preliminary study suggests that 201Tl/67Ga uptake ratio is a possible prognostic indicator of SCCL. Copyright © 1987 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Oncology, 1987, Vol 44, Issue 4, p228
- ISSN
0030-2414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000226483