Measurement of tumor volume by PET to evaluate prognosis in patients with advanced cervical cancer treated by radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 353-359

  Miller, Tom R ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Cervical cancer; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

LYMPH NODE;

CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036603787     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02705-0     Document Type: Article

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