Diagnosis of thoracic malignancies

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: K. Aigner (Linz, Austria)
Accuracy of CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions: results of 612 consecutive procedures
S. Novello, A. Priola, S. Priola, M. Longo, M. Giaj Levra, A. Cataldi, G. Garofalo, C. Fava, G. V. Scagliotti (Orbassano, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Contribution of FDG-PET on staging and management of NSCLC planned for concomitant chemoradiotherapy
M. Diakopoulou, O. Brodin, K. G. Kolbeck (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Audit of adherence to NICE guidelines on investigation of lung cancer – CT before bronchoscopy
G. Hands, T. Win (Syevenage, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Should we routinely assess patient experience of fibreoptic bronchoscopy?
A. Hardy, D. Ford (Scarborough, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Clinical value of 18-FDG PET-CT in mediastinal lymph node staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with previous cN0-1 on CT
J. Sayas Catalán, R. Alonso Moralejo, M. Coronado Poggio, F. Pozo Rodríguez, J. L. Martin de Nicolás, A. López-Encuentra (Madrid, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound for assessment of PET positive mediastinal lymph nodes
R. Rintoul, R. Buttery, C. Hardy, D. Rassl, N. Carroll (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The correlation between mediastinal lymphadenopathy positivity proved by mediastinoscopy and serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in NSCLC cases
B. Kocar, K. Murat, T. Huseyin Cem, E. Artan, T. Karadeli, O. Hayati, S. Cikrikcioglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Does CT scan improve diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy done for lung cancer?
A. Gulati, A. Thomas, P. Hawkins (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Positron emission tomography scanning in staging lung cancer: audit of early experience in a UK district general hospital
C. Snelson, M. Holmes, J. McAdam, K. Srinivasan, H. Moudgil (Telford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The impact of specialist lung cancer clinics on government targets in patients referred with suspected lung cancer in the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, UK
M. Iqbal, I. Hussain (Oxford, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Re-audit of adherence to NICE guidelines on investigation of lung cancer
J. Cannon, C. Prendergast, T. Win (Stevenage, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Is virtual bronchoscopy (VB) useful in diagnosing of peripheral lung cancer?
P. Radwan-Rohrenschef, B. Burakowska, J. Kus, I. Bestry (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Detection of neuroendocrine tumors in the lungs using 99mTc somatostatin receptors scintigraphy
V. Artiko, V. Obradovic, N. Petrovic, B. Popovic, D. Macut, M. Petakov, I. Bozic, T. Isailovic, S. Damjanovic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Is it useful performing pathology analysis on all samples from bronchoscopically accessible lung tumours?
G. Jifon, D. Butterworth, M. Winson (Crewe, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Scintigraphic detection of neuroendocrine tumors in the lungs using 111in-pentetreotide
V. Obradovic, V. Artiko, N. Petrovic, B. Popovic, D. Macut, M. Petakov, I. Bozic, T. Isailovic, S. Damjanovic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Imaging guided pleural biopsies in unexplained pleural effusions
A. Gulati, N. Mani, D. A. Promnitz (Ipswich, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evaluation of concomitant pleural effusions in patients with lung cancers
N. Karatas, E. Gulec, P. Arbak, A. N. Annakkaya (Duzce, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Yield of biopsy, brushing and bronchial washing through fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of lung cancer with visible lesions
M. I. Saleem, M. Uzbeck, V. Parihar, A. McIntyre, J. J. Gilmartin (Galway, Ireland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The rate of transudate in tumor-associated pleural effusions
T. Gonlugur, U. Gonlugur (Sivas, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Factors affecting the duration from diagnosis to treatment in patients with lung cancer
N. Yaman, A. Gulcu, P. Celik, B. Cengiz Ozyurt, N. Nese, A. Sakar Coskun, A. Yorgancioglu (Manisa, Turkey)
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