Cost-effectiveness of dual-head 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET for the detection of recurrent laryngeal cancer

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-306

  Bongers, Vivian ^a   Hobbelink, Monique G ^a   Van Rijk, Peter P ^a   Hordijk, Gert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Fluorine 18 deoxyglucose; Laryngeal cancer; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0036064111     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10849780260179260     Document Type: Article

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