Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the preoperative staging of thoracic oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: A prospective study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 399-403

  Katsoulis, I E ^a   Wong, W L ^b   Mattheou, A K ^a   Damani, N ^a   Chambers, J ^b   Livingstone, J I ^a  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Oesophageal cancer; Preoperative staging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER CANCER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGY; PELVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; THORAX;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THORACIC CAVITY;

EID: 36749048669     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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