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The clinical significance of incidental intra-abdominal findings on positron emission tomography performed to investigate pulmonary nodules
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is a common cause of cancer-related death. Staging typically includes positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, in which(18)F-fluoro-2-dexoy-D-glucose (FDG) is taken up by cells proportional to metabolic activity, thus aiding in differentiating benign and malignant pulmona...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22284669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-25 |