## Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the interobserver variability in chest computed tomography (CT) and whole body 2-deoxy-2-[^18^F]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) screening for distant metastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. ## Proce
FDG-PET/CT in Cancers of the Head and Neck: What is the Definition of Whole Body Scanning?
โ Scribed by Andrei Iagaru; Erik S. Mittra; Sanjiv Sam Gambhir
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 403 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1536-1632
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