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- Title
Ga-67 scan in patients with intrathoracic esophageal carcinoma planned for surgery.
- Authors
Kondo, Makoto; Ando, Nobutoshi; Kosuda, Shigeru; Lian, Shilong; Kubo, Atsushi; Masaki, Hidekazu; Hashimoto, Shozo; Tsutsui, Taketo; Kakegawa, Teruo; Kondo, M; Ando, N; Kosuda, S; Lian, S; Kubo, A; Masaki, H; Hashimoto, S; Tsutsui, T; Kakegawa, T
- Abstract
The authors evaluated Ga-67 scan in 68 patients with intrathoracic esophageal carcinoma initially planned for surgery. Of these, 59 patients were staged pathologically or surgically; their Ga-67 scan results correctly predicted the presence of extraesophageal spread and lymph node metastases. Of 38 clinical Stage II patients, 15 (39%) could be Stage III by the results of Ga-67 scan. However, two of four clinical Stage I patients (50%) and 35 of 38 clinical Stage II patients (92%) were eventually pathologic or surgical Stage III. This high conversion rate and the high incidence of Stage III in esophageal carcinoma patients may not justify routine use of Ga-67 scan only for staging. Ga-67 scan, however, was useful for planning radiotherapy, because missing extraesophageal extension or gross metastases from the radiation fields were detected in six patients of 51 so treated. Ga-67 scan has its value in some patients with intrathoracic esophageal carcinoma.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1982, Vol 49, Issue 5, p1031
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19820301)49:5<1031::AID-CNCR2820490529>3.0.CO;2-O