FDG PET for mucosal malignant melanoma of the head and neck

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Goerres, Gerhard W ^a   Stoeckli, Sandro J ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Steinert, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ear; Melanoma; Mucous membrane; Nose and throat cancer; Positron emission tomography; 18F 2 deoxy 2 fluoro D glucose

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NOSE CAVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036162917     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200202000-00032     Document Type: Article

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