High Performance of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Rapid Outpatient Diagnostic Program for Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer | Zendy

Pepijn Brocken | Zendy; Erik H.F.M. van der Heijden | Zendy; P.N.R. Dekhuijzen | Zendy; Liesbeth Peters-Bax | Zendy; LioeFee de GeusOei | Zendy

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High Performance of <sup>18</sup>F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Rapid Outpatient Diagnostic Program for Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer

Author(s) -

Pepijn Brocken,

Erik H.F.M. van der Heijden,

P.N.R. Dekhuijzen,

Liesbeth Peters-Bax,

LioeFee de GeusOei

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000347096

Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinoscopy , lung cancer , thoracotomy , lung cancer staging , positron emission tomography , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , nuclear medicine , lymph node , surgery , paleontology , biology

The diagnostic evaluation of patients presenting with possible lung cancer is often complex and time consuming. A rapid outpatient diagnostic program (RODP) including (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) as a routine diagnostic tool may improve timeliness, however the diagnostic performance of such a combined approach of RODP remains unclear.

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