Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Investigators at St. James Hospital zero in on non-small cell lung cancer
Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, March 25th, 2008
"We sought to identify the impact of age on the sensitivity and specificity of integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT; CT) on mediastinal lymph node staging of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We conducted a retrospective review of 206 consecutive patients with histologically proven NSCLC who underwent resection and/or mediastinoscopy in our center between September 2004 and January 2007," investigators in Dublin, Ireland report.
"All of these patients had preoperative staging with integrated PET-CT as an adjunct to chest CT before resection and/or mediastinoscopy. Diabetic patients and patients who received neoadjuvant...
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