Mediastinal lymph node staging by means of positron emission tomography is less sensitive in elderly patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Al Sarraf, Nael ^a   Gately, Kathy ^a   Lucey, Julie ^b   Wilson, Lorraine ^b   McGovern, Eillish ^a   Young, Vincent ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Blackrock Clinic Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Maximum standardized uptake value; Mediastinoscopy; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 39149142540     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2008.n.007     Document Type: Article

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