18-Fluorine-labelled 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography standardised uptake values: A non-invasive biomarker for the risk of metastasis from choroidal melanoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1263-1266

  Finger, P T ^a   Chin, K ^a   Iacob, C E ^b  

^a New York Eye Cancer Centre   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750348977     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.097949     Document Type: Article

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