11C-choline positron emission tomography in bladder cancer: Report of four cases

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 829-831

  Yoshida, Soichiro ^a,c   Nakagomi, Kazuaki ^a   Goto, Shuichi ^a   Futatsubashi, Masami ^b   Torizuka, Tatsuo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11C choline; Bladder; Neoplasm; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRACER; CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER TUMOR; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; BONE TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHOLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745284987     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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