Utility of positron emission tomography for the staging of patients with potentially operable esophageal carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3202-3210

  Flamen, P ^a   Lerut, A ^a   Van Cutsem, E ^a   De Wever, W ^a   Peeters, M ^a   Stroobants, S ^a   Dupont, P ^a   Bormans, G ^a   Hiele, M ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Ectors, N ^a   Haustermans, K ^a   Mortelmans, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034666024     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.18.3202     Document Type: Article

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