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What is the best modality to identify positive lymph nodes in carcinoid lung?
By Tripdatabase.
Abstract
The best modality for identifying positive lymph nodes in carcinoid lung tumors is SSR-PET/CT or 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT, due to their high sensitivity and specificity, with EBUS as a complementary technique for confirmation in specific cases.
Keywords
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- lymph node metastasis
- metastasis detection
- 18F-FDG PET/CT
- endobronchial ultrasound
- sensitivity and specificity
- Open access
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