Accurate diagnosis and staging are essential for the optimal management of cancer
patients. Positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-D-glucose …

In the last hundred years, lung cancer has risen from a reportable disease to the most
common cause of death from cancer in both men and women in developed countries (1) …

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

Summary The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) organized a workshop
dealing with lymph node staging in non-small cell lung cancer. The objective of this …

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

Background The treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is determined by accurate
definition of the stage. If there are no distant metastases, the status of the mediastinal lymph …

PURPOSE: To evaluate prospectively the accuracy of integrated positron emission
tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) with use of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) …

Accurate preoperative staging and restaging of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. It will guide choices of …

PURPOSE: Each pathological stage of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) consists of a
heterogeneous population containing patients at much higher risk than others. Noninvasive …

Background The role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
(EBUS-TBNA) following integrated PET/CT scanning in mediastinal staging of non-small cell …