False-positivity of mediastinal lymph nodes has negative effect on survival in potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer (dagger)

Iskender, Ilker; Kadioglu, Salih; Cosgun, Tugba; Kapicibasi, Hasan; Sagiroglu, GÖNÜL; Kosar, Altug; Kir, Altan

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezr054

False-positivity of mediastinal lymph nodes has negative effect on survival in potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer (dagger)

Iskender I., Kadioglu S. Z., Cosgun T., Kapicibasi H. O., Sagiroglu G., Kosar A., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY, vol.41, no.4, pp.874-879, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 41 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2012
Doi Number: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr054
Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.874-879
Keywords: Non-small cell lung cancer, PET, CT, Mediastinal staging, False-positivity, Survival
Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

It has been shown that increased metabolic activity of primary tumour has a negative effect on survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) staged with positron emission tomography integrated computed tomography (PET/CT). We hypothesized that an increased metabolic activity of mediastinal lymph nodes would have worse survival even if it is false.