Differentiating recurrent or residual nasopharyngeal carcinomas from post-radiotherapy changes with 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography in patients with indeterminate computed tomography findings

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 3513-3516

  Tsai, Ming Hsui ^a,e   Huang, Wen Sheng ^a   Tsai, Jeffrey J P ^b   Chen, Yen Kung ^c   Changlai, Shen Pin ^d   Kao, Chia Hung ^a,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

18 fluoro 2 deoxyglucose; Computed tomography; Nasopharyngeal carcinomas; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0042028317     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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