Role of preoperative PET-CT in assessing mediastinal and hilar lymph node status in early stage lung cancer

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 203-208

  Lin, Wei Yang ^a,b   Hsu, Wen Hu ^a,b   Lin, Ko Han ^a   Wang, Shyh Jen ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT; Lung cancer; Lymph nodes; PET; Positron emission tomography; Surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861527302     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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