作者
Ryu Kanzaki, Masahiko Higashiyama, Ayako Fujiwara, Toshiteru Tokunaga, Jun Maeda, Jiro Okami, Takenori Kozuka, Takuya Hosoki, Yoshihisa Hasegawa, Motohisa Takami, Yasuhiko Tomita, Ken Kodama
发表日期
2011/3/1
期刊
Lung Cancer
卷号
71
期号
3
页码范围
333-337
出版商
Elsevier
简介
BACKGROUND
Integrated F18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) is widely used for mediastinal lymph node (MLN) staging in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, FDG-PET/CT has certain limitations. Prediction of occult MLN metastasis could allow selection of candidates for preoperative cervical mediastinoscopy or endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. This study defined risk factors for occult MLN metastasis in patients with NSCLC patients who were diagnosed as clinical N0-1 by preoperative integrated FDG-PET/CT and CT.
METHODS
Consecutive patients with NSCLC who underwent staging using integrated FDG-PET/CT as an adjunct to CT prior to lung resection from October 2006 to September 2009 were evaluated retrospectively. The prevalence of MLN metastasis in patients diagnosed as clinical …
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