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Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

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Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

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Full title

Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2009-07, Vol.361 (1), p.32-39

Language

English

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Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET–CT) plus conventional staging was compared with conventional staging alone for preoperative staging of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The end point was the number of futile thoracotomies in each group (with futility defined as a result other than potentially curable NSCLC). Pre...

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Full title

Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET–CT

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67447834

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67447834

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa0900043

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