Staging in Patients with Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma; PET-CT versus Standard Staging Procedures

Staging in Patients with Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma; PET-CT versus Standard Staging Procedures

Objective: The most important factor for accurate treatment of patients with small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is accuracy of the initial staging. The aim of this study was to determine how often patients, staged as local or local-advanced disease by standard staging procedures (SSPs), would be stage...

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Main Authors: Burcu Yalçın, Ufuk Yılmaz, Tuğçe Çiftçi, İbrahim Yügünt, Salih Akşit, Bahri Gümüş, Hakan Koparal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-12-01
Series:Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology
Subjects:
Metastasis
staging
positron emission tomography
Online Access:http://www.eurasianjpulmonol.com/jvi.aspx?pdir=eurasianjpulmonol&plng=eng&un=EJP-83007

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