Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is effective in improving survival of resectable NSCLC. Based on findings in the adjuvant and metastatic setting, FDG positron emission tomography (PET) scans may offer early prognostic or predictive value after one cycle of induction chemotherapy. | Long term follow-up of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC investigating early positron emission tomography PET scan as a predictor of outcome