TY - JOUR T1 - Authors' response JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 1092 LP - 1092 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200654 VL - 66 IS - 12 AU - Barbara M Fischer AU - Jann Mortensen AU - Liselotte Højgaard Y1 - 2011/12/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/66/12/1092.2.abstract N2 - We thank Drs Paredes and Mehta for their comments on our work on positron emission tomography (PET)–CT in the staging of lung cancer.1 As correctly pointed out by Drs Paredes and Mehta, there is a discrepancy in the number of patients undergoing endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the two reports from our institution.2 3 Although both reports concern the staging of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, they address different aspects of the disease. … ER -