Colorectal cancer and 18FDG-PET/CT: What about adding the T to the N parameter in loco-regional staging?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1427-1433

  Mainenti, Pier Paolo ^a   Iodice, Delfina ^b   Segreto, Sabrina ^b   Storto, Giovanni ^c   Magliulo, Mario ^a   De Palma, Giovanni D ^b   Salvatore, Marco ^b   Pace, Leonardo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Staging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955941400     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i11.1427     Document Type: Article

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