Can positron emission tomography be used as a staging tool for small-cell lung cancer?

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  Vinjamuri, Mridula ^a   Craig, Michael ^a   Campbell Fontaine, Annette ^b   Almubarak, Mohammed ^a   Gupta, Naresh ^c   Rogers, John S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Frederick and Hagerstown Imaging Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE LESION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 39149131711     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2008.n.005     Document Type: Article

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