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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1582
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021

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See also page 1573.

This article by Valk and associates represents a valuable contribution to the growing literature on preoperative PET scanning for staging of non–small cell lung cancer. The particular strength of PET scanning appears to lie in the very sensitive detection of tumor-associated increased metabolic activity both in mediastinal disease and in distant metastases. The current article, which its authors describe as a field study of PET imaging, demonstrates an approximately 20% improvement in sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of PET scanning over CT scanning in mediastinal staging (N stage) of non–small . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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