Characteristics of thyroid incidentalomas detected by pre-treatment [ 18]FDG PET or PET/CT in patients with cervical cancer

Journal of Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  Lee, Won Moo ^a   Kim, Beob Jong ^a   Kim, Moon Hong ^a   Choi, Seok Cheol ^a   Ryu, Sang Young ^a   Lim, Ilhan ^b   Kim, Kidong ^a,c  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Fluorodeoxyglucose f18; Histological confirmation; Positron emission tomography; Positron emission tomography and computed tomography; Thyroid incidentalomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84863277431     PISSN: 20050380     EISSN: 20050399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2012.23.1.43     Document Type: Article

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