@article { author = {}, title = {Analysis on Early Detection of Lung Cancer by PET/CT Scan}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {16}, number = {6}, pages = {2215-2217}, year = {2015}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {}, abstract = {Background: This systemic analysis was conducted to to evaluate the application value of positron emissiontomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in early diagnosis of lung cancer. Methods: Clinical studiesevaluating the application value of PET/CT for patients underwent PET/CT imaging. The histological diagnosisserved as the standard of truth. Results: Four clinical studies which including 1330 patients with pulmonary spaceoccupyinglesions were considered eligible for inclusion. Systemic analysis suggested that, in all 1330 patients,pooled sensitivity was 98.7% (1313.2/1330) and specificity was 58.2%(276.85/476). Conclusion: This systemicanalysis suggests that integrated PET/CT imaging provides high sensitivity, and reasonably high specificity, andcould be applied for early diagnosis of lung cancer.}, keywords = {early detection,Lung cancer,PET/CT}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_30768.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_30768_ed6f3060613ecb522a5e64162cf6b205.pdf} }