Comparing 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography with a combination of technetium 99m tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography to detect recurrent or persistent nasopharyngeal carcinomas after radiotherapy

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 434-439

  Kao, Chia Hung ^a   Tsai, Shih Chuan ^b   Wang, Jhi Joung ^c   Ho, Yung Jen ^d   Yen, Ruoh Fang ^e   Ho, Shung Tai ^f  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

18 Fluoro 2 deoxyglucose; Computed tomography; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Technetium 99m tetrofosmin

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035878910     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010715)92:2<434::AID-CNCR1339>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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