1162 / 1983
Better staging, better treatment
No PET
PET
p
Thoracotomy
78/96 (81%) 60/92 (65%)
curative
futile
39 (41%)
39 (41%)
41 (44%)
19 (21%) 0.003
Relapse/death <1yr
19
10
51% [32–80] reduction in risk
of futile thoracotomy
PLUS trial, van Tinteren Lancet 2002
Number To Image:
5 to avoid 1 futile thoracotomy
11 to avoid 1 relapse/death <1yr