title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy. lorenzo.spaggiari@ieo.it
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casiraghi
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarize
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18