In a trial, selected patients with early non-small cell lung cancer did not benefit from mediastinal lymph node dissection (LND). Mediastinal LND resulted in longer surgeries, increased bleeding, and ...
Mediastinal staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. It distinguishes operable from inoperable disease, guides prognosis and allows accurate comparison of outcomes in ...
Survival of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in a randomized trial as predicted by the FDG-PET standardized uptake value (SUV). Background: Persistent N2 disease after IT for NSCLC ...
Endoscopic biopsy of lymph nodes between the two lungs (mediastinum) is a sensitive and accurate technique that can replace mediastinal surgery for staging lung cancer in patients with potentially ...
October 20, 2008 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Granulomatous inflammation in mediastinal lymph nodes (MLN) that were either excised or biopsied at mediastinoscopy needs full characterization through ...
The mediastinum is the central area of the chest between the two lungs, which contains the heart, major blood vessels, thymus ...
A proof-of-concept trial shows novel sarcoidosis PET/CT tracer detects inflammatory activity, supporting further clinical ...
In the management of patients with esophageal cancer, distant metastases should be excluded with positron emission tomography (PET) scan or computed tomography (CT) scan before EUS is considered. In ...
Patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis showed significantly higher uptake of the VAP-1–targeted PET tracer in the lungs and ...