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Ann Thorac Surg 1979;28:451-464
© 1979 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Role of Gallium-67 Scanning in the Clinical Staging and Preoperative Evaluation of Patients with Carcinoma of the Lung

Tom R. DeMeester, M.D.*, Harvey M. Golomb, M.D., Peter Kirchner, M.D., Karim Rezai-Zadeh, M.D., Jacob D. Bitran, M.D., Dennis L. Streeter, D.O., Philip C. Hoffman, M.D., Malcolm Cooper, M.D.

From the Departments of Surgery, Radiology, and Medicine, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. DeMeester, The University of Chicago, Department of Surgery, 950 E 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637.

Gallium-67 scanning was evaluated in 100 patients with proved carcinoma of the lung. It was valuable in separating primary from secondary lung tumors, determining the extent of contralateral hilar or mediastinal lymph node involvement, and detecting distant organ metastases. In addition to multiplane whole-body Ga-67 tomographic scanning, colloid liver scans, bone scans, and computerized axial tomography scans of the brain were obtained to determine the presence of distant metastasis. The gallium scan detected 11 of 12 occult metastases and identified 7 of 7 liver, 9 of 14 brain, 4 of 4 soft tissues, 1 of 4 contralateral lung, and 9 of 11 bone metastases. The whole-body gallium scan accurately detected or excluded extrathoracic metastatic disease in 11 of 12 patients examined postmortem within three months of a gallium scan.

An approach is recommended using gallium scanning along with chest roentgenograms for clinical staging and preoperative evaluation of patients with carcinoma of the lung. Specific organ scans should be reserved for the occasional symptomatic patient with a negative gallium scan or for clarification of an indeterminate gallium scan.




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