Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in leiomyosarcoma: Imaging characteristics

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 546-549

  Punt, Stephanie E W ^a   Eary, Janet F ^a   O'Sullivan, Janet ^b   Conrad, Ernest U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Leiomyosarcoma; Maximum tumor standard uptake value; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650324038     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32832bcaec     Document Type: Article

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