The accuracy and cost of mediastinal staging strategies for non-small cell lung cancer

GÜNLÜOĞLU, Mehmet; Melek, HÜSEYİN; Demir, Adalet; Medetoglu, Baris; KARA, HASAN; Dincer, Seyit

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2011.051

The accuracy and cost of mediastinal staging strategies for non-small cell lung cancer

GÜNLÜOĞLU M. Z., Melek H., Demir A., Medetoglu B., KARA H. V., Dincer S. I.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.397-404, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2011
Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2011.051
Dergi Adı: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.397-404
Anahtar Kelimeler: Mediastinoscopy, non-small cell lung cancer, tumor staging, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, PET
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: To compare the accuracies and costs of some strategies including positron emission tomography (PET) and cervical mediastinoscopy (CM) in the mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was aimed.