Role of PET in the initial staging of cutaneous malignant melanoma: Systematic review

Radiology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 836-844

  Krug, Bruno ^a   Crott, Ralph ^b   Lonneux, Max ^b   Baurain, Jean François ^b   Pirson, Anne Sophie ^a   Vander Borght, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; RISK; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149190350     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2493080240     Document Type: Review

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