Incidental thyroid lesions detected by FDG-PET/CT: Prevalence and risk of thyroid cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bae, Ja Seong ^a   Chae, Byung Joo ^a   Park, Woo Chan ^a   Kim, Jeong Soo ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Jung, Sang Seol ^a   Song, Byung Joo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69549120057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-7-63     Document Type: Article

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