Non-small cell lung carcinoma: Accuracy of PET/CT in determining the size of T1 and T2 primary tumors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1176-1181

  Pawaroo, Davina ^a   Cummings, Natalie M ^b   Musonda, Patrick ^c   Rintoul, Robert C ^b   Rassl, Doris ^b   Beadsmoore, Clare ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; PET CT; Radiotherapy; Staging; T category

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79959604589     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4980     Document Type: Article

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