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June 24th, 2004, 10:59
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Thallium Imaging Useful in Mediastinal Staging in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
This study looking at mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung carcinoma found that thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography in patients with enlarged nodes at computed tomography showed positive predictive values of 81.3% overall and 100% in squamous cell carcinoma patients. The negative predictive value for thallium SPECT scanning was highly accurate in adenocarcinoma (93.9%) as well as squamous cell carcinoma (94.4%) in patients with non-enlarged lymph nodes by CT.
Combined Procedures for Mediastinal Staging in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Masaki Tomita, MD, Yasunori Matsuzaki, MD, Masao Edagawa, MD, Tetsuya Shimizu, MD, Masaki Hara, MD, Toshio Onitsuka, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004;12:125-129
http://asianannals.ctsnetjournals.o...stract/12/2/125 |
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