The impact of 18F-FDG-PET/CT on Merkel cell carcinoma management: A retrospective study of 66 scans from a single institution

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 282-290

  George, Adeline ^a,b   Girault, Sylvie ^a   Testard, Aude ^a   Delva, Rémy ^a   Soulié, Patrick ^a   Couturier, Olivier F ^b   Morel, Olivier ^a  

^a UMR INSERM U892 CNRS 6299   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Merkel cell carcinoma; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PET-CT SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SECOND CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893800713     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000039     Document Type: Article

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