Study confirms PET (positron emission tomography) better than CT (computed tomography) in lung cancer staging
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A Dutch study has provided further evidence that positron emission tomography (PET) is more accurate than computed tomography (CT) in the preoperative staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A report of the study in The New England Journal of Medicine (July 27) says that the sensitivity and specificity of PET using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in the detection of mediastinal metastases were 91% and 86% respectively, while the corresponding values for CT were 75% and 66%.