作者
Gerarda J Herder, Harm Van Tinteren, Richard P Golding, Piet J Kostense, Emile F Comans, Egbert F Smit, Otto S Hoekstra
发表日期
2005/10/1
期刊
Chest
卷号
128
期号
4
页码范围
2490-2496
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
The added value of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scanning as a function of pretest risk assessment in indeterminate pulmonary nodules is still unclear.
Objective
To obtain an external validation of the prediction model according to Swensen and colleagues, and to quantify the potential added value of FDG-PET scanning as a function of its operating characteristics in relation to this prediction model, in a population of patients with radiologically indeterminate pulmonary nodules.
Design, setting, and patients
Between August 1997 and March 2001, all patients with an indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodule who had been referred for FDG-PET scanning were retrospectively identified from the database of the PET center at the VU University Medical Center.
Results
One hundred six patients were eligible for the study, and 61 patients (57%) proved to have malignant …
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