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New PET/CT criterion for nodal staging in non-small cell lung cancer: measurement of the ratio of section area of standard uptake values ≥2.5/lymph node section area.

Yoshitaro SaitoKazuhiro ImaiKoichi IshiyamaHajime SaitoSatoru MotoyamaYusuke SatoHayato KonnoSatoshi FujishimaManabu HashimotoYoshihiro Minamiya
Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2017)
When diagnosing nodal staging based a lymph node SUV ≥2.5 SA/node SA ratio of ≥1.0, it can be an effective criterion for use to determine surgical indications.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • pet ct
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • sentinel lymph node
  • positron emission tomography
  • computed tomography
  • rectal cancer