18F-FDG PET predicts pathological response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with primary rectal cancer: A meta-analysis

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 436-446

  Li, Chongjiao ^a   Lan, Xiaoli ^a   Yuan, Hui ^a   Feng, Hongyan ^a   Xia, Xiaotian ^a   Zhang, Yongxue ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Meta analysis; Positron emission tomography; Rectal cancer; Response prediction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903903310     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-014-0837-6     Document Type: Article

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