Previously Funded Research

Viswam Nair, MD

Stanford University Hospital

Research Project:

Studying the Genetic Nature of Lung Cancer in Patients Who Have Very Positive PET Scans at the Time of Diagnosis

Summary:

PET scans are commonly used in patients who have a diagnosis of lung cancer to stage the extent of their disease. Patients with high PET scan uptake often have more aggressive disease than patients with lower levels of uptake. This study will evaluate genetic differences between such patient groups as a means of potentially identifying factors that lead to different natural history of the disease.