The early use of PET-CT alters the management of patients with esophageal cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 868-873

  Williams, R N ^a   Ubhi, S S ^a   Sutton, C D ^a   Thomas, A L ^a   Entwisle, J J ^a   Bowrey, D J ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Imaging; PET CT; Radionuclide scanning

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64749107230     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0812-z     Document Type: Article

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