Mediastinal lymph node staging with FDG-PET scan in patients with potentially operable non-small cell lung cancer: A prospective analysis of 50 cases

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Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1480-1486

  Vansteenkiste, Johan F ^a   Stroobants, Sigrid G ^a   Dupont, Patrick J ^a   Mortelmans, Luc A ^a   De Leyn, Paul R ^a   Verschakelen, Johny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Emission computed; Mediastinal staging; Mediastinum; N2 disease; Neoplasms; Non small cell lung; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031454447     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.6.1480     Document Type: Article

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