Utility of 18FDG-PET for differentiating the grade of malignancy in thymic epithelial tumors

Lung Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-355

  Endo, Masahiro ^a   Nakagawa, Kazuo ^a   Ohde, Yasuhisa ^a   Okumura, Takehiro ^a   Kondo, Haruhiko ^a   Igawa, Satoshi ^a   Nakamura, Yukiko ^a   Tsuya, Asuka ^a   Murakami, Haruyasu ^a   Takahashi, Toshiaki ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Ito, Ichiro ^a   Kameya, Toru ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F FDG; PET; Thymic carcinoma; Thymic epithelial tumors; Thymoma; WHO histological classification

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50849137486     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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