A comparative study of technetium-99m sestamibi and technetium-99m tetrofosmin single-photon tomography in the detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 621-628

  Kostakoglu, Lale ^a   Uysal, Uǧur ^a   Özyar, Enis ^a   Demirkazik, Figen B ^a   Hayran, Mutlu ^a   Atahan, Lale ^a   Bekdik, Coçkun F ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Residual recurrent disease; Technetium tetrofosmin; Technetium 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; TRACER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0030813862     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00841399     Document Type: Article

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