A retrospective study comparing contrast-enhanced computed tomography with 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the early follow-up of patients with retroperitoneal sarcomas

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-39

  Niccoli Asabella, Artor ^a,b   Altini, Corinna ^a   Notaristefano, Antonio ^a   Merenda, Nunzio ^a   Altieri, Maria L ^a   Stabile Ianora, Amato A ^b   Fanelli, Margherita ^a   Rubini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Nuclear Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Contrast enhancement computed tomography; Early follow up; Retroperitoneal sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870930231     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32835ae545     Document Type: Article

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