%0 Journal Article %T Advantages of Combined PET-CT in Mediastinal Staging in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma %A Adnan Beganovic %A Amera Sadija %A Nermina Beslic %A Renata Milardovic %A Sejla Ceric %A Semra Cavaljuga %A Spomenka Kristic %A Timur Ceric %J Archive of "Acta Informatica Medica". %D 2016 %R 10.5455/aim.2016.24.99-102 %X Precise mediastinal lymph node staging in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) provides important prognostic information and it is obligatory in treatment strategy planning. 18Fluoro-deoxy-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography - computerized tomography (PET-CT) based on detection of metabolic activity showed superiority in preoperative staging of lung carcinoma %K NSCLC %K mediastinal lymph nodes %K CT %K PET-CT %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4851521/