Comparison of 18 F-FLT PET and 18 F-FDG PET for detection of cervical lymph node metastases in head and neck cancers

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1347-1354

  Hoshikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kishino, Takehito ^a   Mori, Terushige ^a   Nishiyama, Yoshihiro ^b   Yamamoto, Yuka ^b   Inamoto, Ryuhei ^a   Akiyama, Kosuke ^a   Mori, Nozomu ^a  

^a Departments of Otolaryngology   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastatic lymph nodes; Nodal staging; Standardized uptake values; SUV

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84869823975     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.709319     Document Type: Article

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