The role of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) dual-head gamma camera coincidence imaging in patients with colorectal cancer and unexplained rising levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Even Sapir, Einat ^a   Lerman, Hedva ^a   Miller, Elka ^a   Gutman, Mordechai ^a   Livshitz, Genady ^a   Inbar, Moshe ^a   Figer, Arie ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA); Colorectal cancer; FDG; Gamma camera

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUORINE 18; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

EID: 0036664052     PISSN: 1475956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1475956021000017011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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