Cervical lymph node metastases of unknown origin: Primary tumor detection with whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1101-1108

  Nassenstein, K ^a,b   Veit Haibach, P ^c   Stergar, H ^c   Gutzeit, A ^c   Freudenberg, L ^c   Kuehl, H ^c   Fischer, M ^c   Barkhausen, J ^c   Bockisch, A ^c   Antoch, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP); Dual modality PET CT; Metastasis of unknown primary (MUO)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY (CUP); DUAL-MODALITY PET; METASTASIS OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY (MUO);

TUMORS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36649014246     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701581768     Document Type: Article

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