Surgical oncology
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Review
Meta-analysis: accuracy of 18FDG PET-CT for distant metastasis staging in lung cancer patients.
We undertook a meta-analysis to evaluate the accuracy of (18)FDG PET-CT for diagnosis of distant metastases in lung cancer patients. ⋯ (18)FDG PET-CT has excellent diagnostic performance for diagnosis of distant metastases in patients with lung cancer.
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Review Comparative Study
Meta-analysis of the additional value of integrated 18FDG PET-CT for tumor distant metastasis staging: comparison with 18FDG PET alone and CT alone.
We performed a meta-analysis to compare the diagnostic performance of integrated (18)FDG PET-CT with that of (18)FDG PET alone and CT alone for the overall assessment of tumor distant metastases. ⋯ Integrated PET-CT is the most sensitive and accurate modality for tumor distant metastasis staging. Integrating PET with CT may tend to improve the sensitivity than PET alone and CT alone.