Influence of Body Mass Index on the Prognostic Value of Tumor ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Seung Hyup Hyun; Kyung-Han Lee; Joon Young Choi; Byung-Tae Kim; Jhingook Kim; Jae Ill Zo; Hojoong Kim; O. Jung Kwon; Hee Kyung Ahn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145020

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Influence of Body Mass Index on the Prognostic Value of Tumor ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Seung Hyup Hyun,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kyung-Han Lee ,

* E-mail: khnm.lee@samsung.com

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Joon Young Choi,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Byung-Tae Kim,

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jhingook Kim,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae Ill Zo,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hojoong Kim,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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O. Jung Kwon,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hee Kyung Ahn

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Influence of Body Mass Index on the Prognostic Value of Tumor ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Seung Hyup Hyun,
Kyung-Han Lee,
Joon Young Choi,
Byung-Tae Kim,
Jhingook Kim,
Jae Ill Zo,
Hojoong Kim,
O. Jung Kwon,
Hee Kyung Ahn

Published: December 18, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145020

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