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- Source :
- Anticancer research. 37(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess the role ofThirty patients with advanced ESCC received nCRT followed by surgery, and underwent FDG-PET/CT twice before and after nCRT. We compared the results of FDG-PET/CT with the pathological results and prognosis.Pathological response was found to correlate with the maximum standardised uptake value (SUVThe prediction of pathological response and prognosis using FDG-PET/CT is not as reliable as pathological detection of lymph node metastasis, but could be a useful method contributing to treatment decisions.
- Subjects :
- Male
Esophageal Neoplasms
Chemoradiotherapy
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Lymphatic Metastasis
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Multivariate Analysis
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Humans
Female
Radiopharmaceuticals
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17917530
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anticancer research
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........09ed4e5ed767ac86a11a9e24e002ddfa