The impact of FDG PET on the management of occult primary head and neck tumours

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 461-466

  Wong, Wai Lup ^a   Saunders, M ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOTTIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0344393729     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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