Staging of untreated nasopharyngeal carcinoma with PET/CT: Comparison with conventional imaging work-up

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-22

  Ng, Shu Hang ^a   Chan, Sheng Chieh ^a   Yen, Tzu Chen ^a   Chang, Joseph Tung Chieh ^a   Liao, Chun Ta ^a   Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Liu, Feng Yuan ^a   Chin, Shu Chyn ^a   Fan, Kang Hsing ^a   Hsu, Cheng Lung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

MRI; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; PET CT; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND CANCER; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57249115924     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0918-7     Document Type: Article

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