Accuracy of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the evaluation of malignancy in patients presenting with new lung abnormalities: A retrospective review

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Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1791-1797

  Lee, Josephine ^a   Aronchick, Judith M ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0035684156     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.1791     Document Type: Article

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