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Detection of nodal metastatic disease in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: comparison of positron emission tomography (PET), contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and combined PET-CT.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20122515     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Of 31 patients with lung cancer, 19 underwent PET-CT and 12 had CT followed by PET. Thoracic lymph nodes were sampled by mediastinoscopy or thoracotomy. Sensitivities, specificities, positive (PPV), and negative predictive values (NPV) were calculated based on histopathology. Ninety nodes (41 malignant) were identified. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV were 94%, 73%, 66%, and 96% for PET-CT, respectively. In 12 patients who underwent PET and CT separately, these values were 90%, 31%, 64%, and 71% for PET and 81%, 50%, 69%, and 66% for CT, respectively.
Authors:
Elisa Ventura; Tina Islam; Michael S Gee; Umar Mahmood; Marta Braschi; Mukesh G Harisinghani
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Evaluation Studies; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical imaging     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1873-4499     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Imaging     Publication Date:    2010 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-03     Completed Date:  2010-04-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8911831     Medline TA:  Clin Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  20-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis*,  secondary*
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lymph Nodes / radiography,  radionuclide imaging
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Subtraction Technique*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

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