Preoperative Hilar and Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging in Patients with Suspected or Diagnosed Lung Cancer: Accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET/CT:A Retrospective Cohort Study of 138 Patients

Preoperative Hilar and Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging in Patients with Suspected or Diagnosed Lung Cancer: Accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET/CT:A Retrospective Cohort Study of 138 Patients

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of integrated 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) in hilar and mediastinal lymph node (HMLN) staging of suspected or proven lung cancer, and to investigate potential risk factors for false negativ...

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Main Authors: Fuad Damirov, Karen Büsing, Gökce Yavuz, Rudolf Hatz, Farkhad Manapov, Julia Michels, Peter Hohenberger, Eric Roessner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
lung cancer
staging
18F-FDG-PET/CT scan
diagnostic accuracy
lymph nodes
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/3/403

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https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/3/403

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