Positron Emission Tomography in Staging Early Lung Cancer

  1. Donna E. Maziak, MDCM;
  2. Gail E. Darling, MD;
  3. Richard I. Inculet, MD;
  4. Karen Y. Gulenchyn, MD;
  5. Albert A. Driedger, MD;
  6. Yee C. Ung, MD;
  7. John D. Miller, MD;
  8. Chu-Shu Gu, MSc;
  9. Kathryn J. Cline, BSc;
  10. William K. Evans, MD; and
  11. Mark N. Levine, MD, MSc
  1. From the Ontario Clinical Oncology Group, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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        Figure 1. Study flow diagram.

        PET-CT = positron emission tomography and computed tomography.

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          Figure 2. Overall survival.

          CS = conventional staging; HR = hazard ratio; PET-CT = positron emission tomography and computed tomography.

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