The Value of Positron Emission Tomography in the Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis of the Patients Operated for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Fazli Yanik, Yekta Altemur Karamustafaoglu, Ali Sarıkaya and Yener Yoruk
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Fazli Yanik: Deparment of Thoracic Surgery, Trakya University, Turkey
Yekta Altemur Karamustafaoglu: Deparment of Thoracic Surgery, Trakya University, Turkey
Ali Sarıkaya: Deparment of Nuclear Medicine, Trakya University, Turkey
Yener Yoruk: Deparment of Thoracic Surgery, Trakya University, Turkey

International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences, 2018, vol. 3, issue 2, 28-32

Abstract: Background: In recent years, Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT) has been used increasingly in the diagnosis of thoracic malignancies, in the evaluation of staging, distant organ metastasis, and post-chemotherapy response. The role of PET/CT in the mediastinal lymph node stage still remains controversial due to its high false positives and false negatives.

Keywords: uniper publishers:International Journal of Pulmonary; Journal of Pulmonary Sciences; Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; pulmonary & respiratory medicine open access journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine impact factor journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine peer review journals; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; pulmonary arterial hypertension impact factor journals; pulmonary aspergillosis high impact factor journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/IJOPRS.2018.03.555608

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