Systematic review: Accuracy of imaging tests in the diagnosis of recurrent laryngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 889-897

  Brouwer, Jolijn ^a   Hooft, Lotty ^b,c   Hoekstra, Otto S ^b   Riphagen, Ingrid I ^b   Castelijns, Jonas A ^b   De Bree, Remco ^a   Leemans, René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Cochrane Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18FDG PET; Radiotherapy; Recurrent laryngeal carcinoma; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47549104614     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20790     Document Type: Article

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