Preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastases of colorectal cancer by FDG-PET/CT

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 347-353

  Tsunoda, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Ito, Masaaki ^a   Fujii, Hirofumi ^a   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^b   Saito, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; FDG PET CT; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449137451     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn032     Document Type: Article

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