The preoperative SUVmax is superior to ADCmin of the primary tumour as a predictor of disease recurrence and survival in patients with endometrial cancer

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-60

  Nakamura, Keiichiro ^a   Joja, Ikuo ^b   Fukushima, Chikako ^a   Haruma, Tomoko ^a   Hayashi, Chiaki ^a   Kusumoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Seki, Noriko ^a   Hongo, Atsushi ^a   Hiramatsu, Yuji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Maximum standardized uptake value; Minimum apparent diffusion coefficient; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Predictor of poor prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84875704298     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-012-2240-7     Document Type: Article

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