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The Cancer Commission of the League of Nations Health Organization established the
Radiological Sub-Commission in 1929 with the primary mandate of creating a common …

PURPOSE: To meta-analytically compare 2-[fluorine 18] fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron
emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) for the demonstration of …

Lung cancer staging, based on anatomic extent of disease and described by the TNM
staging system (T, primary tumor; N, regional lymph nodes; M, distant metastasis), is an …

Imaging studies play a key role in initial detection of thoracic malignancies, and also in
staging, evaluation of response to treatment, and detection of recurrence. This article …

BACKGROUND: One of the deficiencies of positron emission tomography for N staging in
lung cancer is a false-positive result caused by concurrent lymphadenitis. Recently, diffusion …

BACKGROUND: A study was undertaken to investigate the accuracy of positron emission
tomography (PET) with 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) in the thoracic lymph node …

The stage of the disease of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should be
evaluated according to the extent of the primary tumour (T-stage) as well as the spread to …

The tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) system is the most commonly used staging system for
cancers, including lung cancer. The TNM descriptors and the stage groupings reflect …

In the assessment of lung cancer, computed tomography guides the use of bronchoscopy
and establishes whether local treatment may be appropriate for the NSCLC or whether it is …