678 / 1138
Dutch surgical data from the FDG-PET era show a ≤6%
likelihood of benign lesions in resected specimens
(Van Tinteren, H, Lancet 2002; Herder G, JCO 2006; Verstegen
N, Ann Oncol 2013; van den Berg LL, JTO 2015)
Treatment without a tissue diagnosis
Of 21,648 cases of stage I NSCLC in the Dutch
Cancer Registry between 1997-2011, a pathological
diagnosis was obtained in 90%.
(Louie AV, Damhuis R, et al,
submitted
)