False-positive MIBG scans with normal computed tomography imaging in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 34, 2009, Pages

  Satharasinghe, Keshan ^a   Trahair, Toby N ^b   Barbaric, Draga ^b   O'Brien, Tracey A ^b   Russell, Susan J ^b   Cohn, Richard J ^b   Marshall, Glenn M ^b   Ziegler, David S ^b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROBLASTOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349127486     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.0036     Document Type: Letter

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