Evaluation of Clinical Contributions Provided by Addition of the Brain, Calvarium, and Scalp to the Limited Whole Body Imaging Area in FDG-PET/CT Tumor Imaging

Table 3

Clinical effects of the metastatic findings detected in brain on FDG-PET/CT scanning.

Diagnosis	Brain Met	Effect on stage	Effect on RT	Effect on CHT	Effect on surgery
Lung Ca	8	1	8	—	—
Lung Ca?	4	1	4	1	1
Breast Ca	4	—	4	2	—
Primary unknown Tm	3	—	3	—	—
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	1	1	1	1	—
Bladder Ca	1	1	1	1	—
Malignant melanoma	1	—	1	—	—
Gastric Ca	1	—	1	—	—
Other tumors	1	—	1	—	—
Total	24	4	24	5	1

Ca: cancer, Tm: tumor, Met: metastasis, RT: radiotherapy, ?: suspected, CHT: chemotherapy.