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- Title
Limited additional value of positron emission tomography in staging oesophageal cancer.
- Authors
Van Westreenen, H. L.; Westerterp, M.; Sloof, G. W.; Groen, H.; Bossuyt, P. M. M.; Jager, P. L.; Comans, E. F.; Van Dullemen, H. M.; Fockens, P.; Stoker, J.; Van der Jagt, E. J.; Van Lanschot, J. J. B.; Plukker, J. T. M.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which assessed the additional value of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) after a state-of-the-art preoperative staging protocol. Suspicious hot spots in 30 patients were revealed by FDG-PET. Hot spots in seven patients appeared to be synchronous neoplasms. It was concluded that FDG-PET improves the selection of patients with oesophageal cancer for potentially curative surgery.
- Subjects
POSITRON emission tomography; CANCER patients; OPERATIVE surgery; ONCOLOGIC surgery; TUMORS
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 2007, Vol 94, Issue 12, p1515
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.5708