PET-CT has low specificity for mediastinal staging of non-small-cell lung cancer in an endemic area for tuberculosis: a diagnostic test study (LACOG 0114).

Autor: Werutsky G; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil. gustavo.werutsky@lacog.org.br., Hochhegger B; Medical School, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Lopes de Figueiredo Pinto JA; Medical School, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Martínez-Mesa J; IMED, School of Medicine, Passo Fundo, Brazil., Zanini ML; Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Berdichevski EH; Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Vilas E; Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., da Silva VD; Medical School, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Tsukazan MTR; Hospital São Lucas, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Vieira A; Hospital São Lucas, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Fritscher LG; Medical School, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Hartmann L; Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Alba M; Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Sartori G; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Matushita C; Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Bortolotto V; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil., do Amaral RR; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Junior LCA; Hospital São Lucas, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Zaffaroni F; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Barrios CH; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Debiasi M; Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room 806, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Frietscher CC; Medical School, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Publikováno v: BMC cancer [BMC Cancer] 2019 Jan 03; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 03.