Open AccessImpact of FDG-PET-Induced Treatment Choices on Long-Term Outcome in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Isabelle Wauters,
Sigrid Stroobants,
Paul De Leyn,
Isabelle D'Hoore,
K. Nackaerts,
Christophe Dooms,
Johan Vansteenkiste
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000218167
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , lung cancer , positron emission tomography , cancer , nuclear medicine , oncology , survival analysis , biology , paleontology
The TNM staging reflects the anatomic extent of lung cancer and estimates the survival expectation. Addition of FDG-PET to conventional staging (CS) improves accuracy, but few data have described the impact of this on long-term survival in relation to treatment.
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