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

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

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

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.