Aim: Assessment of the clinical value of 18F-FDG-PET for detection of recurrent head and neck cancer, local lymph node involvement and distant metastases comparing a qualitative visual with a semiquantitative analysis (SUV values)...
Keywords: 18 F-FDG-Positronenemissionstomographie, Kopf-Hals-Tumor- Rezidiv, Metastasen, standard uptake value
01/2004 | Nuklearmedizin, SchattauerSquamous cell oesophageal carcinoma is the most common carcinoma of the oesophagus worldwide. The tumour stage as most important prognostic factor determines the clinical management...
Keywords: Plattenepithelkarzinom, Ösophaguskarzinom, Staging, FDG-PET, Metastasierung
01/2006 | Nuklearmedizin, SchattauerAIM: The intraarterial chemotherapy (i.a.CHT) using high dose cisplatin combined with systemic neutralization in patients with head and neck cancer (HNSCC) is used to reduce the tumor volume preoperatively...
Keywords: FDG-PET, Plattenepithelkarzinom der Kopf-Hals-Region, intraarterielle Chemotherapie, zervikale Lymphknoten, zervikale Lymphknotenmetastasen, standardisierter Uptake-Wert
01/2006 | Nuklearmedizin, SchattauerMesothelial cell intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) has recently been shown to play a role in tumour cell adherence to the peritoneum...
Keywords: ?2 integrin subunit, CD43, metastases, peritoneum
08/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe importance of a subset of cells which have ‘stem like’ characteristics and are capable of tumor initiation has been reported for a range of tumors...
Keywords: CD133, dormancy, in vivo imaging, metastases, niche, tumor-initiating cells
07/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter