Role of (18F) 2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in upper gastrointestinal malignancies

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 5059-5074

  Smyth, Elizabeth C ^a   Shah, Manish A ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Pancreas cancer; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE C 11; CISPLATIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; IRINOTECAN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT CANCER; WHOLE BODY PET; DRUG THERAPY; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING; STOMACH TUMOR;

DRUG THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 83155184059     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5059     Document Type: Review

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