Monitoring and management of lung cancer patients following curative-intent treatment: clinical utility of 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

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Table 1 Follow-up surveillance guidelines recommended by medical societies

	Time after resection (month)
	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	30	36	42	48	54	60
NCCN
Physical examination	•		•		•		•		•		•		•
(Enhanced) CT	(•)		•		(•)		•		•		•		•
ACCP
Physical examination	•		•		•		•		•		•		•
Radiograph or CT	•		•		•		•		•		•		•
ESMO
Physical examination	•		•		•		•		•		•		•
(Enhanced) CT			•				•		•		•		•
ACR
Physical examination	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Chest radiograph	•	•		•	•	•		•		•		•
CT			•				•		•		•		•

Note: (•) indicates optional.

Abbreviations: NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; CT, computed tomography; ACCP, American College of Chest Physicians; ESMO, European Society for Medical Oncology; ACR, American College of Rheumatology.