The metabolic response using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography and the change in the carcinoembryonic antigen level for predicting response to pre-operative chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-138

  Yoon, Mee Sun ^a   Ahn, Sung Ja ^a   Nah, Byung Sik ^a   Chung, Woong Ki ^a   Song, Ju Young ^a   Jeong, Jae Uk ^a   Nam, Taek Keun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FDG PETCT; Pre operative chemoradiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Tumor response

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651347958     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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