FDG-PET in head and neck, and thyroid cancer

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 284-295

  Macapinlac, Homer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Head and neck cancer; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22544477090     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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