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Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

2009; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 361; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa0900043

1533-4406

Barbara Malene Fischer, Ulrik Lassen, Jann Mortensen, S. S. Larsen, Annika Loft, A. K. Bertelsen, Jesper Ravn, Paul Frost Clementsen, Asbjørn Høgholm, Klaus Richter Larsen, Torben Riis Rasmussen, Susanne Keiding, Asger Dirksen, Oke Gerke, Birgit Guldhammer Skov, Ida Steffensen, Hanne Helene Hansen, Peter Vilmann, Grete Krag Jacobsen, Vibeke Backer, Niels Maltbæk, Jesper Holst Pedersen, H. VERNON MADSEN, Henrik Nielsen, Liselotte Højgaard,

Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Fast and accurate staging is essential for choosing treatment for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The purpose of this randomized study was to evaluate the clinical effect of combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET–CT) on preoperative staging of NSCLC.