Is fludeoxyglucose-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( 18 F-FDG-PET/CT) really useless in staging pulmonary carcinoid tumors and in discriminating histological subtypes? Controversial points and future perspectives

Filippo Lococo; Alessandro Stefani; Giorgio Treglia

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Year : 2015 | Volume : 10 | Issue : 3 | Page : 217-218

Is fludeoxyglucose-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( ¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT) really useless in staging pulmonary carcinoid tumors and in discriminating histological subtypes? Controversial points and future perspectives

Filippo Lococo¹, Alessandro Stefani², Giorgio Treglia³
¹ Unit of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
² Unit of Thoracic Surgery, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
³ Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland, Europe, Switzerland