Staging of esophageal cancer with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.

1 February 1997

journal article
research article
Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology

Vol. 168 (2), 417-424
https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.168.2.9016218

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the performance of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the staging of cancer in patients with esophageal carcinoma.

Keywords

METASTASES
FDG PET
SURGERIES
ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA
ESOPHAGECTOMY
REVEALED METASTATIC

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