FDG PET/CT demonstrates the effectiveness of isolated limb infusion for malignant melanoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 707-708

  Ryan, E Ronan ^a   Hill, Arnold D K ^a   Skehan, Stephen J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); Isolated limb infusion; Melanoma; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MELPHALAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION; ISOLATED LIMB INFUSION; MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DACTINOMYCIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MELPHALAN; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750354445     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000242602.56590.c5     Document Type: Article

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