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Harish Nagaraj Highlighted Diagnostic Utility of FAPI PET-CT in Metastatic Lung Cancer Detection

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Jun 14, 2025, 06:56

Harish Nagaraj Highlighted Diagnostic Utility of FAPI PET-CT in Metastatic Lung Cancer Detection

Harish Nagaraj, In Charge of the Integrated Molecular Imaging Centre at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“We recently encountered a case of left iliac bone lytic lesion detected on CT scan highly suspicuous for malignancy who was sent for PET-CT to identify the primary tumor.

A FAPI PET-CT scan was performed, which revealed a primary lung lesion in the right upper lobe along with mediastinal lymph node metastases, confirming the diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer.

This case highlights the value of FAPI PET-CT in oncology in:
– Detecting occult primary tumors.
– Improving diagnostic confidence and staging.
– One of the unique advantages of FAPI PET-CT is its lack of physiological uptake in the brain, which allows for clear detection of brain metastases.

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Read OncoDaily’s special “Metastatic Lung Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and 2025 Advances in Therapy”.

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