Role of positron emission tomography in staging esophageal cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 765-769

  Luketich, James D ^a   Schauer, Philip R ^a   Meltzer, Carolyn Cidis ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a   Urso, G Kathleen ^a   Townsend, David W ^a   Ferson, Peter F ^a   Keenan, Robert J ^a   Belani, Chandra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030769847     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00624-3     Document Type: Article

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