Prognostic significance of SUV on PET/CT in patients with localised oesophagogastric junction cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy/ chemoradiation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Zhu, W ^a   Xing, L ^a   Yue, J ^a   Sun, X ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Yu, Jinming ^a  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG UPTAKE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; OESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STANDARD UPTAKE VALUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866091374     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/29946900     Document Type: Article

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