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      Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer

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          Patients with lung cancer are often misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis leading to delay in the correct diagnosis as well as exposure to inappropriate medication. Several factors are responsible for this situation in developing countries, including lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructure and socio-economic factors. This article outlines the differences between the two diseases as well as features that would make a clinician suspect the right diagnosis early.

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          Revisions in the International System for Staging Lung Cancer.

          Clifton Mountain (1997)
          Revisions in stage grouping of the TNM subsets (T=primary tumor, N=regional lymph nodes, M=distant metastasis) in the International System for Staging Lung Cancer have been adopted by the American Joint Committee on Cancer and the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer. These revisions were made to provide greater specificity for identifying patient groups with similar prognoses and treatment options with the least disruption of the present classification: T1N0M0, stage IA; T2N0M0, stage IB; T1N1M0, stage IIA; T2N1M0 and T3N0M0, stage IIB; and T3N1M0, T1N2M0, T2N2M0, T3N2M0, stage IIIA. The TNM subsets in stage IIIB-T4 any N M0, any T N3M0, and in stage IV-any T any N M1, remain the same. Analysis of a collected database representing all clinical, surgical-pathologic, and follow-up information for 5,319 patients treated for primary lung cancer confirmed the validity of the TNM and stage grouping classification schema.
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            Accuracy of positron emission tomography for diagnosis of pulmonary nodules and mass lesions: a meta-analysis.

            Cathryn M. Gould, Karl Kuschner, Chara E Rydzak … (2001)
            Focal pulmonary lesions are commonly encountered in clinical practice, and positron emission tomography (PET) with the glucose analog 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) may be an accurate test for identifying malignant lesions. To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET for malignant focal pulmonary lesions. Studies published between January 1966 and September 2000 in the MEDLINE and CANCERLIT databases; reference lists of identified studies; abstracts from recent conference proceedings; and direct contact with investigators. Studies that examined FDG-PET or FDG with a modified gamma camera in coincidence mode for diagnosis of focal pulmonary lesions; enrolled at least 10 participants with pulmonary nodules or masses, including at least 5 participants with malignant lesions; and presented sufficient data to permit calculation of sensitivity and specificity were included in the analysis. Two reviewers independently assessed study quality and abstracted data regarding prevalence of malignancy and sensitivity and specificity of the imaging test. Disagreements were resolved by discussion. We used a meta-analytic method to construct summary receiver operating characteristic curves. Forty studies met inclusion criteria. Study methodological quality was fair. Sample sizes were small and blinding was often incomplete. For 1474 focal pulmonary lesions of any size, the maximum joint sensitivity and specificity (the upper left point on the receiver operating characteristic curve at which sensitivity and specificity are equal) of FDG-PET was 91.2% (95% confidence interval, 89.1%-92.9%). In current practice, FDG-PET operates at a point on the summary receiver operating characteristic curve that corresponds approximately to a sensitivity and specificity of 96.8% and 77.8%, respectively. There was no difference in diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary nodules compared with lesions of any size (P =.43), for semiquantitative methods of image interpretation compared with qualitative methods (P =.52), or for FDG-PET compared with FDG imaging with a modified gamma camera in coincidence mode (P =.19). Positron emission tomography with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose is an accurate noninvasive imaging test for diagnosis of pulmonary nodules and larger mass lesions, although few data exist for nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter. In current practice, FDG-PET has high sensitivity and intermediate specificity for malignancy.
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              Global tuberculosis control

              ME Barbosa Neto, C Dye, S Schimidt … (2013)
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): South Asian J Cancer
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): South Asian J Cancer
                Journal ID (publisher-id): SAJC
                Title: South Asian Journal of Cancer
                Publisher: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd (India )
                ISSN (Print): 2278-330X
                ISSN (Electronic): 2278-4306
                Publication date (Print): Jul-Sep 2012
                Volume: 1
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 36-42
                Affiliations
                [1]Department of Radiotherapy, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
                [1 ]Department of Pulmonary Medicine, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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                Correspondence to: Dr. MLB Bhatt, E-mail: drmlbhatt@ 123456yahoo.com
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                Publisher ID: SAJC-1-36
                DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.96507
                PMC ID: 3876596
                PubMed ID: 24455507
                SO-VID: 1576e966-a0a2-4866-82a2-8e969ccea684
                Copyright © Copyright: © South Asian Journal of Cancer
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Subject: Diagnostic Dilemma

                Keywords: misdiagnosis,biopsy confirmation,att
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                Keywords: misdiagnosis, biopsy confirmation, att

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