title: Is fludeoxyglucose-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG-PET/CT) really useless in staging pulmonary carcinoid tumors and in discriminating histological subtypes? Controversial points and future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy E-mail: filippo_lococo@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lococo
authors.affiliation: Unit of Thoracic Surgery, University of Modena, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland, Europe.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia