Open AccessPositron emission tomography scan for predicting clinical outcome of patients with recurrent cervical carcinoma following radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Daya Nand Sharma,
G.K. Rath,
Rakesh Kumar,
Arun Malhotra,
Sunesh Kumar,
Pandjatcharam Jagadesan,
Sagar Maharjan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.95169
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , standardized uptake value , radiation therapy , nuclear medicine , fluorodeoxyglucose , stage (stratigraphy) , salvage therapy , radiology , chemotherapy , paleontology , biology
To evaluate the role of positron emission tomography (PET) for predicting the clinical outcome of patients with recurrent cervical carcinoma following definitive radiation therapy (RT).