Prediction of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis Using Tumor-to-Blood Standardized Uptake Ratio and Metabolic Parameters in Clinical N0 Lung Adenocarcinoma

摘要

Purpose We aimed to investigate whether the tumor-to-blood SUV ratio (SUR) and metabolic parameters of F-18-FDG uptake could predict occult lymph node metastasis (OLM) in clinically node-negative (cN0) lung adenocarcinoma.