Whole body PET/CT for initial staging of choroidal melanoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1270-1274

  Finger, Paul T ^a,b,c,d   Kuril, M ^a,c   Reddy, S ^a,d   Tena, L B ^a,b,c,e   Pavlick, A C ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK EYE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LIVER ENZYME; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE METASTASIS; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CHOROID MELANOMA; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TUMOR; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY; CHOROID TUMOR; EVALUATION; LIVER TUMOR; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27744568909     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.069823     Document Type: Article

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