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PET outperforms CT in characterization of lung nodules

Researchers involved in a large, multi-institutional study comparing the accuracy of positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the characterization of lung nodules found that PET was far more reliable in detecting whether or not a nodule was malignant.

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