Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography (PET/CT) Scanning for Preoperative Staging of Patients With Oral/Head and Neck Cancer

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2524-2535

  Nahmias, Claude ^a   Carlson, Eric R ^a   Duncan, Lisa D ^a   Blodgett, Todd M ^b   Kennedy, Jason ^a   Long, Misty J ^a   Carr, Chris ^a   Hubner, Karl F ^a   Townsend, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36049025517     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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