Patients
lung cancer
LUNG CANCER
This retrospective study reviewed the charts of 1280 patients with single pulmonary nodule examined by [The specific inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) both the single intrapulmonary lesion and mediastinal–hilar LNs were FDG-positive with the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) ≥ 2.5 [Flowchart showing the patient selection and exclusionFinally, totally 260 consecutive lung cancer patients were enrolled in this study, comprising 205 males and 55 females (mean age, 62.15 ± 8.62 years, range, 27–81 years), as summarized in Table Clinical and demographic characteristics of lung cancer patientsData in parentheses are percentages unless otherwise noted. 