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Positron Emission Tomography Plus Computed Tomography for Staging Early Lung Cancer
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
The most common type of lung cancer is non–small cell lung cancer. Surgery is the usual treatment if the cancer has not spread outside the lung. Sometimes the cancer cells invade nearby tissue, for example, lymph nodes in the area between the lungs (the mediastinum), …
