Should mediastinoscopy actually be incorporated into the FDG PET strategy for patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma?

Hayashi, Katsumi; Abe, Katsumi; Yano, Fuzuki; Watanabe, Sadahiro; Iwasaki, Yoshie; Kosuda, Shigeru

Hayashi, Katsumi; Abe, Katsumi; Yano, Fuzuki; Watanabe, Sadahiro; Iwasaki, Yoshie; Kosuda, Shigeru.

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Hayashi K; Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.

Ann Nucl Med ; 19(5): 393-8, 2005 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16164196

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/diagnosis; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/economics; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/economics; Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms/economics; Mediastinoscopy/economics; Positron-Emission Tomography/economics; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/epidemiology; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Health Care Costs; Humans; Japan/epidemiology; Lung Neoplasms/epidemiology; Lymphatic Metastasis; Mediastinoscopy/statistics & numerical data; Mediastinum/diagnostic imaging; Mediastinum/pathology; Models, Economic; Positron-Emission Tomography/statistics & numerical data; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment/methods; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/economics; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/statistics & numerical data

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Positron-Emission Tomography / Lung Neoplasms / Mediastinoscopy Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Ann Nucl Med Journal subject: MEDICINA NUCLEAR Year: 2005 Type: Article Affiliation country: Japan

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