The role of positron emission tomography selecting patients with metastatic cancer for adrenalectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 432-437

  Harrison, Jacqueline ^a,b   Ali, Amjad ^a   Bonomi, Philip ^a   Prinz, Richard ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of General Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034021026     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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