Interaction of clinical suspicion and PET in the diagnosis of suspected thoracic malignancy

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Baram, Daniel ^a   Bilfinger, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical suspicion; Lung cancer; Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value; Positron emission tomography; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48349128741     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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