Preoperative lymph node diagnosis with positron emission tomography in esophageal carcinoma;Die Positronenemissionstomographie zur präoperativen Lymphknotendiagnostik bei Ösophaguskarzinom

Chirurg

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 922-928

  Kneist, W ^a   Schreckenberger, M ^a   Bartenstein, P ^a   Grunwald F ^b   Oberholzer, K ^a   Junginger, Th ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Positron emission tomography; Staging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1342263994     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-003-0711-x     Document Type: Article

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