[Results of FDG-PET scanning in the pre-operative staging of broncho-pulmonary tumors].

Background: Positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has recently established itself as an important imaging strategy in the management of respectable non-small cell bronchial carcinoma (NSCLC). In this study we report our experience of the impact of FDG-PET in the pre-operative assessment of NSCLC.

Methods: In a single centre retrospective study between 01 January 2000 and 31 Dec 2002, 108 FDGPET scans were performed during the preoperative assessment of histologically proven or strongly suspected NSCLC.

[Prognostic factors of survival without clinical recurrences in medullary thyroid carcinoma: apropos of 52 operated cases].

The aim of this retrospective study on 52 operated medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) was to assess clinical and biochemical factors influencing survival without clinical recidive. There were 52% of familial cases. Mean age was 44 years (3 to 78 years) with 58% of women.