Increased 18F-FDG Uptake of Hepatocellular Carcinoma on Positron Emission Tomography Independently Predicts Tumor Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2561-2563

  Kornberg, A ^a   Kupper B ^b   Thrum, K ^a   Katenkamp, K ^a   Steenbeck, J ^a   Sappler, A ^a   Habrecht, O ^a   Gottschild, D ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Zentralklinikum Bad Berka ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; KINETICS; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69149100845     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.115     Document Type: Article

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