Positron emission tomography with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in a combined staging strategy of esophageal cancer prevents unnecessary surgical explorations

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-61

  Van Westreenen, Henderik L ^a,b   Heeren, Pierre A M ^a   Van Dullemen, Hendrik M ^a   Van Der Jagt, Eric J ^a   Jager, Pieter L ^a   Groen, Henk ^a   Plukker, John Th M ^a  

^a Radiol Nucl Med/PET Ctr Off M   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

esophageal cancer; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 11144337719     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.09.055     Document Type: Article

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