18FDG-PET/CT for the detection of regional nodal metastasis in patients with primary head and neck cancer before treatment: A meta-analysis

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Yongkui, Lu ^a   Jian, Li ^a   Wanghan, ^a   Jingui, Li ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Lymph nodes; Meta analysis; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC USE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878865171     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: 18793320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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