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Limitations in the use of 18F-FDG PET in the pre-operative staging of gastric cancer: A case series

INTRODUCTION: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a mainstay in the preoperative evaluation of various cancers. In gastric cancer however, its role in the initial staging remains contentious. Presented is a case series of three gastric patients wherein the use of fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/C...

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Autores principales: Fonocho, Ernest, Aydin, Nail, Reddy, Srini, Misra, Subhasis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28582710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.05.026