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• Addition of PET changes the
TNM clinical stage of patients
with non-small-cell lung
cancer
• patient with diagnosis of
T1N0M0 stage I
adenocarcinoma.
• PET shows a pre-tracheal
lymph node.
• Stage changes to T1N2M0
Bradley et al. 2004; Int. J. Radiat.
Oncol. Biol. Phys. 59:78-86
FDG-PET improves accuracy of staging in
non-small cell lung cancer