Ability of FDG-PET/CT in the detection of gallbladder cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 218-224

  Ramos Font, Carlos ^a   Gõmez Rio, Manuel ^b   Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio ^b   Jiménez Heffernan, Amelia ^a   Sánchez, Rocío Sánchez ^b   Llamas Elvira, Jose Manuel ^b  

^a Juan Ramon Jimenez Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; fluorodeoxiglucose F18; gallbladder neoplasm; neoplasm staging; positron emission tomography and computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PET-CT SCANNER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORODEOXIGLUCOSE F18; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASM; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893700787     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23476     Document Type: Article

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