PET/CT with 11C-choline for evaluation of prostate cancer patients with biochemical recurrence: meta-analysis and critical review of available data

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-69

  Fanti, Stefano ^a   Minozzi, Silvia ^b   Castellucci, Paolo ^a   Balduzzi, Sara ^c   Herrmann, Ken ^d,e   Krause, Bernd Joachim ^f   Oyen, Wim ^g   Chiti, Arturo ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

ⁱ HUMANITAS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

11C Choline; Positron emission tomography; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE C 11; CARBON; CHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84951907686     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3202-7     Document Type: Article

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