- ►annals.org MK Gould, WG Kuschner, CE Rydzak, CC … - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Purpose: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and
positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for
mediastinal staging in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer and to ... Cited by 292 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
EM Toloza, L Harpole, DC McCrory - Chest, 2003 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Measurement and results: Pooled sensitivities and specificities for staging the
mediastinum were as follows: for CT scanning: sensitivity, 0.57 (95% confidence
interval [CI], 0.49 to 0.66); specificity, 0.82 (95% CI, 0.77 to 0.86); for ... Cited by 480 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 84 versions
BA Dwamena, SS Sonnad, JO Angobaldo, RL … - Radiology, 1999 - radiology.rsna.org MATERIALS AND METHODS: English-language reports on the diagnostic performance of
PET (14 studies, 514 patients) and/or CT (29 studies, 2,226 patients) for
demonstration of mediastinal nodal metastases from NSCLC were selected by ... Cited by 481 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►thelancet.com H van Tinteren, OS Hoekstra, EF Smit, JHAM … - The Lancet, 2002 - Elsevier Up to 50% of curative surgery for suspected non-small-cell lung cancer is
unsuccessful. Accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) with
18-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 FDG) is thought to be better than conventional ... Cited by 370 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
Ö Birim, AP Kappetein, T Stijnen, AJJC … - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2005 - Elsevier A systematic review was undertaken to select studies that compared the accuracy
of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography with computed
tomographic imaging in detecting mediastinal lymph node metastases in ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►tramedicalimaging.com [PDF] RM Pieterman, JWG van Putten, JJ Meuzelaar, … - New England Journal of Medicine, 2000 - content.nejm.org Methods We prospectively compared the ability of a standard approach to staging
(computed tomography [CT], ultrasonography, bone scanning, and, when indicated,
needle biopsies) and one involving PET to detect metastases in mediastinal ... Cited by 754 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 17 versions
L Oncol - The Lancet Oncology, 2001 - dskfnm.dk Lung cancer is the cause of 32% of all male cancer deaths and 25% of all female
cancer deaths. Because the prognosis depends on early diagnosis and staging,
continuous evaluation of the diagnostic tools available is important. The ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 5 versions
- ►jcojournal.org RC Viney, MJ Boyer, MT King, PM Kenny, CA … - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004 - jcojournal.org RESULTS: One hundred eighty-four patients with stage I-II NSCLC were recruited
and randomly assigned; 92% had stage I disease. Following exclusion of one
ineligible patient, 92 patients were assigned to no PET and 91 to PET. ... Cited by 90 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
CE Reed, DH Harpole, KE Posther, SL … - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2003 - Elsevier The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group undertook a trial to ascertain
whether positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose could detect
lesions that would preclude pulmonary resection in a group of patients with ... Cited by 122 - Related articles - All 7 versions
GA Silvestri, MK Gould, ML Margolis, LT … - Chest, 2007 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org * From the Department of Medicine (Dr. Silvestri), Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, SC; the Department of Medicine (Dr. Gould), Veterans
Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA; the Department of ... Cited by 262 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 42 versions
