"Accuracy of FDG-PET to Diagnose Lung Cancer in Areas With Infectious Lung Disease A Meta-analysis"
"Conclusions and Relevance The accuracy of FDG-PET for diagnosing lung nodules was extremely heterogeneous. Use of FDG-PET combined with computed tomography was less specific in diagnosing malignancy in populations with endemic infectious lung disease compared with nonendemic regions. These data do not support the use of FDG-PET to diagnose lung cancer in endemic regions unless an institution achieves test performance accuracy similar to that found in nonendemic regions."
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1906615
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