Purpose: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and positron
emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for mediastinal staging in …

Study objectives To determine the test performance characteristics of CT scanning, positron
emission tomography (PET) scanning, MRI, and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for staging …

Background Correctly staging lung cancer is important because the treatment options and
prognosis differ significantly by stage. Several noninvasive imaging studies and invasive …

Background Up to 50% of curative surgery for suspected non-small-cell lung cancer is
unsuccessful. Accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose …

Background Correctly staging lung cancer is important because the treatment options and
the prognosis differ significantly by stage. Several noninvasive imaging studies including …

This book is written as both a text and a reference book. It contains numerous images from
the biological sciences and clinical practice, tables, graphs, and fig ures, as well as …

The role of positron emission tomography (PET) during the past decade has evolved rapidly
from a pure research tool to a methodology of enormous clinical potential. Perhaps the most …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is the most powerful molecular imaging technique
currently available for clinical use. Because deranged tumour metabolism is a common …

The presence of bone metastases is indicative of disseminated disease and typically
indicates a short-term prognosis in cancer patients. Palliation of symptoms is the primary …

A systematic review was undertaken to select studies that compared the accuracy of 2-[18F]-
fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomographic …