Evaluation of the impact of addition of PET to CT and MR scanning in the staging of patients with head and neck carcinomas

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 853-859

  Hafidh, Maky A ^a   Lacy, Peter D ^a   Hughes, Joe P ^a   Duffy, George ^b   Timon, Conrad V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Blackrock Clinic Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Head and neck; PET; Squamous cell carcinoma; Staging; SUV

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746421924     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0067-1     Document Type: Article

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