Value of positron emission tomography of the para-aortic lymph nodes in cervical carcinoma stage IB2-IIIB

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 5654-5655

  Vergote, Ignace ^a   Tsolakidis, Dimitris ^a   Mortier, Dieter ^a   Neven, Patrick ^a   Amant, Frederic ^a   Mottaghy, Felix ^a   Van Limbergen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PARA-AORTIC BODIES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57149100402     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.5883     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. 18F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans in the para-aortic area. J Clin Oncol 15:2558-2561, 2008
2. Mortier DG, Stroobants S, Amant F, et al: Laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy and positron emission tomography scan as staging procedures in patients with cervical carcinoma stage IB2-IIIB. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2008 18:723-729, 2008