18FDG-PET/CT for detection of mediastinal nodal metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer: A meta-analysis

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-236

  Zhao, Lin ^a   He, Zhi Yi ^a   Zhong, Xiao Ning ^a   Cui, Miao Ling ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mediastinal staging; Meta analysis; Non small cell lung cancer; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864695473     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: 18793320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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