Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

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

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0900043

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Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 1, 2009

Authors:

Barbara Malene Fischer

Ulrik Lassen

Jann Mortensen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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. METHO...

Subject

Medicine

Lung cancer

Positron emission tomography

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