Utility of Positron Emission Tomography Compared With Mediastinoscopy for Delineating Involved Lymph Nodes in Stage III Lung Cancer: Insights for Radiotherapy Planning From a Surgical Cohort

In this study PET had modest sensitivity to detect MLN involvement and underestimated the extent of involved nodes for target definition. The role of PET in mediastinal contouring needs to be evaluated prospectively and ideally correlated with a pathology standard.