The correlation of SUVmax with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and the value of Tumor/Lymph node SUVmax ratio for predicting metastasis to lymph nodes in resected NSCLC patients

Koksal, DENİZ; DEMIRAG, Funda; BAYIZ, Hulya; OZMEN, ÖZLEM; TATCI, Ebru; BERKTAS, Bahadir; AYDOGDU, Koray; YEKELER, Erdal

doi:10.1186/1749-8090-8-63

The correlation of SUVmax with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and the value of Tumor/Lymph node SUVmax ratio for predicting metastasis to lymph nodes in resected NSCLC patients

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Koksal D., DEMIRAG F., BAYIZ H., OZMEN O., TATCI E., BERKTAS B., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, cilt.8, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-63
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: We aimed to investigate the correlation of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and to determine a Tumor/Lymph node (T/LN) SUVmax ratio predicting metastasis to lymph nodes in NSCLC patients.