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Radiographic Staging of Lung Cancer: Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography

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The issue of how to preoperatively stage patients with known or suspected lung cancer is complex, and remains confusing despite a large number of publications on the subject. Part of the confusion arises from the multiplicity of available tests, but more importantly from the fact that the question to be addressed varies in different patient groups. There are different subgroups of patients, particularly with respect to mediastinal staging. The patients considered in one study may not be the same as those in another study, and often arguments are made for a particular approach in some patients using data that is not applicable because it pertains to a different subgroup. Another major obscuring factor is the frequent difference in perspective of authors and practicing clinicians. In general, papers addressing the value of a procedure have retrospectively included all patients who underwent the procedure, and not defined the characteristics of the patients.

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  1. Division of Thoracic Surgery Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Frank C. Detterbeck MD

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Detterbeck, F.C. (2007). Radiographic Staging of Lung Cancer: Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography. In: Ferguson, M.K. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-474-8_6

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