Seeking a Home for a PET, Part 2 Defining the Appropriate Place for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in the Staging of Patients With Suspected Lung Cancer
Detterbeck FC, Falen S, Rivera MP, Halle JS, Socinski MA. Seeking a Home for a PET, Part 2 Defining the Appropriate Place for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in the Staging of Patients With Suspected Lung Cancer. CHEST Journal 2004, 125: 2300-2308. PMID: 15189955, DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.6.2300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyLung cancerPET imagingClinical evaluationPET uptakeClinical stage I lung cancerStage I lung cancerStage III lung cancerEmission tomographyI lung cancerStrong clinical signsPositive PET resultsStaging of patientsInvasive mediastinal stagingNegative clinical evaluationExtrathoracic stagingMetastatic diseaseMediastinal stagingPrimary lesionClinical signsPET resultsPatientsCancerStagingDefinite role