Whole-body FDG positron emission tomographic imaging for staging esophageal cancer comparison with computed tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 882-887

  Meltzer, Carolyn Cidis ^a,b   Luketich, James D ^b   Friedman, David ^b   Charron, Martin ^a   Strollo, Diane ^a   Meehan, Mandy ^b   Urso, Grace K ^b   Dachille, Marsha A ^a   Townsend, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Emission Tomography; Esophageal Cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033790677     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200011000-00005     Document Type: Article

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