Preoperative intrathoracic lymph node staging in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: accuracy of integrated positron emission tomography and computed …

A Billé, E Pelosi, A Skanjeti, V Arena… - European Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of integrated positron emission tomography with 18F-
fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) and computed tomography (PET/CT) in preoperative …

Methods for staging non-small cell lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice …

GA Silvestri, AV Gonzalez, MA Jantz, ML Margolis… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Correctly staging lung cancer is important because the treatment options and
prognosis differ significantly by stage. Several noninvasive imaging studies and invasive …

Resectable IIIA-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): In search for the proper treatment

D Brascia, G De Iaco, M Schiavone, T Panza, F Signore… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer accounts for one third of non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) at the time of initial diagnosis and presents with a wide range of clinical …

Application of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration following integrated PET/CT in mediastinal staging of potentially operable non-small …

B Hwangbo, SK Kim, HS Lee, HS Lee, MS Kim, JM Lee… - Chest, 2009 - Elsevier
Background The role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
(EBUS-TBNA) following integrated PET/CT scanning in mediastinal staging of non-small cell …

Comparison of efficacy for postoperative chemotherapy and concurrent radiochemotherapy in patients with IIIA-pN2 non-small cell lung cancer: an early closed …

W Shen, J Ji, Y Zuo, J Pu, Y Xu, C Zong, G Tao… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The efficacy of postoperative concurrent radiochemotherapy (POCRT) on IIIA-pN2
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still unclear. The aim of this randomized controlled …

False-negative rate after positron emission tomography/computer tomography scan for mediastinal staging in cI stage non-small-cell lung cancer

A Gómez-Caro, M Boada, M Cabañas… - European journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES To assess the false-negative (FN) rate of positron emission tomography (PET)-
chest computed tomography (CT) scan in clinical non-central cIA and cIB non-small-cell lung …

Incidence of occult mediastinal node involvement in cN0 non-small-cell lung cancer patients after negative uptake of positron emission tomography/computer …

A Gómez-Caro, S Garcia, N Reguart… - European Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective: This study sought to assess the real incidence of pN2 among patients with non-
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(cN0) with negative mediastinal uptake of 2-deoxy-2-(18F) …

Relationship between maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of lung cancer and lymph node metastasis on FDG-PET

A Nambu, S Kato, Y Sato, H Okuwaki… - Annals of nuclear …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the relationship between SUVmax of primary lung cancers on FDG-
PET and lymph node metastasis. Method and materials The subjects were a total of …

The maximum standardized uptake value of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography of the primary tumour is a good predictor of pathological nodal …

Y Miyasaka, K Suzuki, K Takamochi… - European Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) plays an
important role in the evaluation of resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However …

[HTML][HTML] The role of extended cervical mediastinoscopy in staging of non-small cell lung cancer of the left lung and a comparison with integrated positron emission …

M Metin, N Citak, A Sayar, A Pekcolaklar… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective Extended cervical mediastinoscopy (ECM) is a method for sampling
aortopulmonary window (APW) mediastinal lymph nodes. In this study, the efficacy of …