Positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the initial staging of primary rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 667-673

  Eglinton, T ^a   Luck, A ^b   Bartholomeusz, D ^c   Varghese, R ^d   Lawrence, M ^c  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Ipswich Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neoplasm staging; Positron emission tomography; Rectal Neoplasms; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958113869     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01873.x     Document Type: Article

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