New approaches to gastric cancer staging: Beyond endoscopic ultrasound, computed tomography and positron emission tomography

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 13783-13790

  Yoon, Hyuk ^a   Lee, Dong Ho ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Gastric cancer; Neoplasm staging; New approaches; New methods

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STOMACH CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84910000023     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13783     Document Type: Review

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