Molecular and functional imaging for detection of lymph node metastases in prostate cancer

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 13842-13857

  Fortuin, Ansje ^a   De Rooij, Maarten ^a   Zamecnik, Patrik ^a   Haberkorn, Uwe ^b   Barentsz, Jelle ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choline PET CT; DWI MRI; IMRT; Lymph node metastasis; Molecular imaging; Prostate cancer; PSMA; Sentinel node imaging; SPECT; USPIO

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON 11; CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 68; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; URINARY EXCRETION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE TUMOR;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879900240     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140713842     Document Type: Review

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