A randomized trial of PET scanning to improve diagnostic yield of direct laryngoscopy in patients with suspicion of recurrent laryngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 705-712

  de Bree, Remco ^a   van der Putten, Lisa ^a   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Uyl de Groot, Carin A ^a,b   van Tinteren, Harm ^c   Leemans, C René ^a   Boers, Maarten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Integraal Kankercentrum Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costs; FDG PET; Laryngeal carcinoma; Laryngoscopy; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34848884467     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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