Suboptimal Sensitivity and Specificity of PET and Other Gross Imaging Techniques in Assessing Lymph Node Metastasis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. abass.alavi@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.

Abass Alavi et al. Mol Imaging Biol. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;21(5):808-811.

doi: 10.1007/s11307-018-01311-4.

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. abass.alavi@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.

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Keywords: Cancer; Limitations; Lymph node metastasis; Malignancy; PET; Staging.

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