Anatomic distribution of fluorodeoxyglucose-avid para-aortic lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1045-1050

  Takiar, Vinita ^a   Fontanilla, Hiral P ^a   Eifel, Patricia J ^a   Jhingran, Anuja ^a   Kelly, Patrick ^a   Iyer, Revathy B ^a   Levenback, Charles F ^a   Zhang, Yongbin ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Klopp, Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Mays Clinic (ACBP12839)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAMS; CONFORMAL TREATMENT; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; INFERIOR VENA CAVA; METHODS AND MATERIALS; NORMAL-TISSUE TOXICITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

BODY FLUIDS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84875232214     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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