Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8247337 International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 2006 6 Pages PDF
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Conclusions: More than one-third of patients determined to have LAEC with conventional staging were upstaged with the use of FDG-PET. Despite comparable therapy, upstaging with FDG-PET predicts poor 2-year survival.
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A prospective evaluation of the impact of 18-F-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography staging on survival for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer
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