Impact of combined 18F-FDG PET/CT in head and neck tumours

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1046-1050

  Syed, R ^a   Bomanji, J B ^a   Nagabhushan, N ^a   Hughes, S ^b   Kayani, I ^a   Groves, A ^a   Gacinovic, S ^a   Hydes, N ^b   Visvikis, D ^a   Copland, C ^a   Ell, P J ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Head and neck cancers; Imaging; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20244385295     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602464     Document Type: Article

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