PET scans often inaccurate; may deny curative surgery for lung cancer
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The use of positron emission tomography -- better known as PET scans -- has grown dramatically over the past 15 years, thanks to their seemingly magical ability to identify foci of undetected metastatic cancer. But PET scans' perceived high accuracy in diagnosing metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) -- a published 94% sensitivity and 83% specificity in a
PET scans often inaccurate; may deny curative surgery for lung cancer
PET scans often inaccurate; may deny curative…
PET scans often inaccurate; may deny curative surgery for lung cancer
The use of positron emission tomography -- better known as PET scans -- has grown dramatically over the past 15 years, thanks to their seemingly magical ability to identify foci of undetected metastatic cancer. But PET scans' perceived high accuracy in diagnosing metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) -- a published 94% sensitivity and 83% specificity in a