Should FDG-PET scanning be routinely used for patients with an unknown head and neck squamous primary?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Silva, P ^a   Hulse, P ^a   Sykes, A J ^a   Carrington, B ^a   Julyan, P J ^a   Homer, J J ^a   Hastings, D L ^a   Slevin, N J ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neck nodes; Neoplasm metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Unknown squamous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847254304     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106003781     Document Type: Article

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