Indications for Invasive Mediastinal Staging in Patients with Early Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Staged with Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography
Gao S, Kim A, Puchalski J, Bramley K, Detterbeck F, Boffa D, Decker R. Indications for Invasive Mediastinal Staging in Patients with Early Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Staged with Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 98: 223. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndications for invasive mediastinal staging in patients with early non-small cell lung cancer staged with PET-CT
Gao SJ, Kim AW, Puchalski JT, Bramley K, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH. Indications for invasive mediastinal staging in patients with early non-small cell lung cancer staged with PET-CT. Lung Cancer 2017, 109: 36-41. PMID: 28577947, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2017.04.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungClinical Decision-MakingDiagnostic ImagingFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMediastinumMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPatient SelectionPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPractice Guidelines as TopicRetrospective StudiesConceptsOccult N2 diseaseOccult N2 metastasesGround-glass componentInvasive mediastinal stagingCurative-intent therapyT2 tumorsN2 metastasisPET-CTInvasive stagingN2 diseaseT1 tumorsNegative predictive valueMediastinal stagingEarly non-small cell lung cancerExact testPredictive valueSolid tumorsNon-small cell lung cancerClinical stage I NSCLCN2 lymph nodesNode-negative NSCLCOccult nodal involvementPure-solid tumorsStage I NSCLCT1-2N0 disease