Comparison of 11C-choline and 18F-FDG PET in primary diagnosis and staging of patients with thoracic cancer

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Pieterman, Remge M ^a   Que, Tjin H ^a   Elsinga, Philip H ^a   Pruim, Jan ^a   Van Putten, John W G ^a   Willemsen, Antoon T M ^a   Vaalburg, Willem ^a   Groen, Harry J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

11C choline; 18F FDG; Metastasis; PET; Thoracic cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PLEURA METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX CANCER; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036168589     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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