Does staging by positron emission tomography predict survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer?
PET scanning is a highly sensitive technologic advance in detecting and staging of thoracic malignancy and may more accurately predict the likelihood of long-term survival in patients with NSCLC than chest CT does.
Our results reveal a pivotal role of SLUG in regulating a cellular network involved in the response to DNA damage, and highlight the importance of TGM2 in radiosensitivity modulation. SLUG silencing appears to increase radiation sensitivity of the melanoma cells tested.