Role of FDG-PET scan in staging of cancer of the, esophagus and gastroesophageal junction

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 837-845

  Lerut, T ^a   Flamen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms, diagnosis; Esophageal neoplasms, radionuclide imaging; Fludeoxyglucose; Stomach neoplasms, diagnosis; Stomach neoplasms, radionuclide imaging; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036926946     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Flamen P, Lerut A, Van Cutsem E, De Wever W, Peeters M, Stroobants S et al. Utility of positron emission tomography for the staging of patients with potentially operable esophageal carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2000;18:3202-10.
2. Lerut T, Flamen P, Ectors N, Van Cutsem E, Peeters M, Hiele M et al. Histopathologic validation of lymph node staging with FDG-PET scan in cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junctions. A prospective study based on primary surgery with extensive lymphadenectomy. Ann Surg 2000;232:743-52.
3. Flamen P, Lerut T, Van Cutsem E, Cambier JP, Maes A, De Wever W et al. The utility of positron emission tomography (PET) for the diagnosis and staging of recurrent esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:1085-92.
4. Flamen P, Van Cutsem E, Lerut A, Cambier JP, Haustemans K, Bormans G et al. Positron emission tomography for assessment of the response to induction radiochemotherapy in advanced oesophageal cancer. Ann Oncol. In press 2002.