Comparison of uptake characteristics and prognostic value of 201Tl and 18F-FDG in esophageal cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Chung, Hyun Woo ^a   Lee, Kyung Han ^a   Lee, Eun Jeong ^a   Lee, Su Jin ^a   Cho, Young Seok ^a   Choi, Joon Young ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a   Kim, Byung Tae ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG UPTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 37448999607     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9276-z     Document Type: Article

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