Improved detection of recurrent laryngeal tumor after radiotherapy using 18FDG-PET as initial method

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Brouwer, Jolijn ^a   de Bree, Remco ^a   Comans, Emile F I ^a   Akarriou, Mohammed ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Castelijns, Jonas A ^a   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18FDG PET; Interobserver variability; Radiotherapy; Recurrent laryngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 43049183593     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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