Impact of whole body positron emission tomography on initial staging and therapy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Oral Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 547-551

  Goerres, G W ^a   Schmid, D T ^a   Gratz K W ^a   Von Schulthess, G K ^a   Eyrich, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distant metastasis; Oral carcinoma; Staging; Synchronous cancer; Whole body PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NECK; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FLOOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR;

EID: 0038206458     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(03)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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