The role of positron emission tomography in evaluating mediastinal lymph node metastases in non-small-cell lung cancer

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-233

  Luketich, J D ^a   Friedman, D M ^a   Meltzer, C C ^a   Belani, C P ^a   Townsend, D W ^a   Christie, N A ^a   Weigel, T L ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Mediastinal lymph nodes; PET scan; Staging; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034461042     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/clc.2001.n.008     Document Type: Article

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