Metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: Mediastinal staging in the 1990s - Meta-analytic comparison of PET and CT

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 530-536

  Dwamena, Ben A ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^b   Angobaldo, Jeff O ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies,; Lung neoplasms, metastases; Mediastinum, neoplasms; Positron emission tomography (PET), comparative studies,

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032712416     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.2.r99nv46530     Document Type: Article

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