The role of thallium-201 whole body scan with pelvic SPECT in patients with uterine cervical cancer treated by radiation therapy: A preliminary report

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 613-617

  Liang, Ji An ^a   Kao, Chia Hung ^a   Chen, Shang Wen ^a   Yang, Shih Neng ^a   Sun, Shung Shung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Radiation therapy; Single photon emission tomography; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0242409588     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006679     Document Type: Article

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