Complementary role of positron emission tomography in Merkel cell carcinoma

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1110-1112

  Lin, Oscar ^a   Thomas, Aju ^a   Singh, Amolak ^a   Greenspan, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Merkel cell carcinoma; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENCE RISK; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8744223365     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000140856.66693.17     Document Type: Article

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