Lymph node staging in esophageal adenocarcinoma with PET-CT based on a visual analysis and based on metabolic parameters

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-617

  Roedl, Johannes B ^a   Blake, Michael A ^a   Holalkere, Nagaraj S ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a   Colen, Rivka R ^a   Harisinghani, Mukesh G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter; Esophageal cancer; Lymph nodes; PET CT; Survival; SUV

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249219107     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9447-x     Document Type: Article

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