Comparison of Positron Emission Tomography Scanning and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Detection of Inguinal Node Metastases in Patients With Anal Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Mistrangelo, Massimiliano ^a   Pelosi, Ettore ^a   Bellò, Marilena ^a   Castellano, Isabella ^a   Cassoni, Paola ^a   Ricardi, Umberto ^a   Munoz, Fernando ^a   Racca, Patrizia ^a   Contu, Viviana ^a   Beltramo, Giancarlo ^a   Morino, Mario ^a   Mussa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Lymph node metastases; PET CT; Sentinel lymph node metastases; Squamous cancer

Indexed keywords

18-F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; AFTER-TREATMENT; ANAL CANCER; CT SCAN; FALSE POSITIVE; HISTOLOGIC ANALYSIS; INGUINAL LYMPH NODES; LOCAL FAILURE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODES; SENTINEL NODE; UP PERIOD;

BIOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; TISSUE; VIRUSES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77950590366     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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