EBRO 2017

Better staging, better treatment

No PET

PET

p

Thoracotomy

78/96 (81%) 60/92 (65%)

curative futile

39 (41%) 39 (41%)

41 (44%) 19 (21%) 0.003

Relapse/death <1yr

19

10

51% [32–80] reduction in risk of futile thoracotomy

PLUS trial, van Tinteren Lancet 2002