The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT for evaluation of metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with lung squamous-cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma

Lung Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-58

  Lu, Peiou ^a   Sun, Yajuan ^a   Sun, Yanqin ^a   Yu, Lijuan ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lung adenocarcinoma; Lung squamous cell carcinoma; Mediastinal lymph node metastasis; Positron emission tomography computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PET-CT SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SECONDARY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901617519     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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