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Assessment of recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer after therapy using CT and Integrated PET/CT Ocena wznowy po leczeniu NDRP przy użyciu TK i PET/CT The authors declare no financial support. Introduction: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has become the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Poland. Follow-up of patients with NSCLC is aimed at early detection of local recurrence, metastatic process, treatment-related complications or second primary lung cancer. We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET-CT in the detection of recurrence of NSCLC after treatment. Material and methods: Seventy-two NSCLC patients (19 females, 56 males), stage I to IV, who had undergone surgery and/ /or radiation therapy, occasionally associated with chemotherapy, were retrospectively included in our study.