Application of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in preoperative assessment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 92, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1409-1412

  Gu, Xin Jin ^a   Wang, Bao Fu ^a   Liu, Rong ^a  

^a Department of Oncological Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; Neoplasms metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Resectability

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; BILE DUCT TUMOR; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868685056     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2012.20.012     Document Type: Article

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