Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

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Authors

Barbara Malene Fischer · Rigshospitalet

Ulrik Lassen · Rigshospitalet

Jann Mortensen · Rigshospitalet

S. S. Larsen · Bispebjerg Hospital

Annika Loft · Rigshospitalet

A. K. Bertelsen · Rigshospitalet

Jesper Ravn · Copenhagen University Hospital

Abstract

The use of PET-CT for preoperative staging of NSCLC reduced both the total number of thoracotomies and the number of futile thoracotomies but did not affect overall mortality. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00867412.)

Topics & Keywords

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 361, Issue 1, pp. 32-39

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0900043

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