The role of FDG-PET in the preoperative assessment of N-staging in head and neck cancer

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 332-335

  Benchaou, M ^a   Lehmann, W ^a,b   Slosman, D O ^a   Becker, M ^a   Lemoine, R ^a   Rufenacht, D ^a   Donath, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastasis; Head and neck cancer; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029962984     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137852     Document Type: Article

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