Open AccessPositron Emission Tomography (PET) and PET/CT in Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Friederike Schütz,
Christine Lautenschläger,
Kerstin Lorenz,
Johannes Haerting
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000481707
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , positron emission tomography , medullary thyroid cancer , pet ct , meta analysis , nuclear medicine , thyroid carcinoma , radiology , cancer , hazard ratio , thyroid , confidence interval
Positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/CT are functional imaging methods that are widely used in diagnostic procedures in oncology.