F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is now a procedure of proven clinical value in the staging of primary lung cancer. This study evaluated the role of PET in the preoperative assessment of resectable lung metastases.

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography improves preoperative staging of resectable lung metastasis / U. Pastorino, G. Veronesi, C. Landoni, M. Leon, M. Picchio, P. G. Solli, F. Leo, L. Spaggiari, G. Pelosi, M. Bellomi, F. Fazio. - In: JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 0022-5223. - 126:6(2003 Dec), pp. 1906-1910.

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography improves preoperative staging of resectable lung metastasis

L. Spaggiari;G. Pelosi;M. Bellomi
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2003

Abstract

F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is now a procedure of proven clinical value in the staging of primary lung cancer. This study evaluated the role of PET in the preoperative assessment of resectable lung metastases.
Sensitivity and Specificity; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lung Neoplasms; Radiopharmaceuticals; Humans; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Predictive Value of Tests; Middle Aged; Male; Female
Settore MED/21 - Chirurgia Toracica
Settore MED/36 - Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia
Settore MED/08 - Anatomia Patologica
dic-2003
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