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The role of PET scanning in the evaluation of lung carcinoma
a. provide information concerning the physiology of lung cancer imaging with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET); b. clarify the role of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules; c. summarise the accuracy of PET scanning in the staging of lung cancer both in reg...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448639/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2003.0003 |
| Sumario: | a. provide information concerning the physiology of lung cancer imaging with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET); b. clarify the role of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules; c. summarise the accuracy of PET scanning in the staging of lung cancer both in regard to mediastinal nodal staging and the staging of distant metastases. |
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