Implications of False Negative and False Positive Diagnosis in Lymph Node Staging of NSCLC by Means of 18F-FDG PET/CT

Shaolei Li; Qingfeng Zheng; Yuanyuan Ma; Yuzhao Wang; Yuan Feng; Bingtian Zhao; Yue Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078552

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Implications of False Negative and False Positive Diagnosis in Lymph Node Staging of NSCLC by Means of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Shaolei Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaolei Li, Qingfeng Zheng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Qingfeng Zheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaolei Li, Qingfeng Zheng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Yuanyuan Ma,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Yuzhao Wang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Yuan Feng,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Bingtian Zhao,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Yue Yang

* E-mail: zlyangyue@bjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Implications of False Negative and False Positive Diagnosis in Lymph Node Staging of NSCLC by Means of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Shaolei Li,
Qingfeng Zheng,
Yuanyuan Ma,
Yuzhao Wang,
Yuan Feng,
Bingtian Zhao,
Yue Yang

Published: October 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078552

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