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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Recent studies from National Taiwan University add new data to non-small cell lung cancer
August 5th, 2008
According to recent research published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, " This study was to compare F-18-FDG positron emission tomography (PET) with thoracic contrast-enhanced CT(CECT) in the ability of lymph node (LN) staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a tuberculosis-prevalent country. The usefulness of dual time point PET imaging (DTPI) in NSCLC nodal staging was also evaluated." " We reviewed 96 NSCLC patients (mean age, 65.3 +/- 11.7 years) who had received PETstudies before their surgery. DTPI were performed on 37 patients (mean age, 64.8 +/- 12.2 years) who received an additional scan of thorax 3 h after tracer...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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