Capsule endoscopy versus positron emission tomography for detection of small-bowel metastatic melanoma: A pilot study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 750-756

  Prakoso, Emilia ^a,c,d   Fulham, Michael ^b,d   Thompson, John F ^d,e   Selby, Warwick S ^a,c,d  

^a AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre   (Australia)

^b Department of PET and Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; capsule endoscopy; CE; FDG; PET; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL BOWEL MELANOMA; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953251039     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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