Usefulness of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to detect para-aortic lymph nodal metastasis in advanced cervical cancer with negative computed tomography findings

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-76

  Lin, Wu C ^a   Hung, Yao C ^a   Yeh, Lian S ^a   Kao, Chia H ^a   Yen, Ruoh F ^b   Shen, Yeh Y ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; Advanced cervical cancer; Para aortic lymph nodal metastasis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037386241     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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