The clinical significance of incidental intra-abdominal findings on positron emission tomography performed to investigate pulmonary nodules

The clinical significance of incidental intra-abdominal findings on positron emission tomography performed to investigate pulmonary nodules

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lung cancer is a common cause of cancer-related death. Staging typically includes positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, in which<sup>18</sup>F-fluoro-2-dexoy-D-glucose (FDG) is taken up by cells proportional to met...

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Main Authors: Gill Richdeep S, Perry Troy, Abele Jonathan T, Bédard Eric LR, Schiller Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Pulmonary nodules
incidental intraabdominal findings
PET scan
lung cancer
colon cancer
adenoma
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/10/1/25

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