Differentiation of Synchronous Tumors Using FDG Positron Emission Tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 489-491

  Wilkinson, Mark D ^a   Fulham, Michael J ^a,b   McCaughan, Brian C ^a   Constable, Chris J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

F 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose; Non Small Cell Lung Cancer; Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor; Positron Emission Tomography; Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0041733908     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200306000-00009     Document Type: Article

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