Role of 18F-choline PET/CT in evaluation of patients with prostate carcinoma

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Hodolic, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; follow up; prostate carcinoma; staging

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUOROMETHYLCHOLINE F 18; IASOCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 79952023402     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-010-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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