Comparison of positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and endoscopic ultrasound in the initial staging of patients with esophageal cancer

VJ Lowe, F Booya, JG Fletcher, M Nathan… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2005 - Springer
… with newly diagnosed esophageal cancer. Either tissue … adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
and the esophagogastric … comparative accuracy of esophageal cancer staging by CT, …

Staging of esophageal cancer: computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and endoscopic ultrasound

J Koch, RA Halvorsen Jr - Seminars in Roentgenology, 1994 - Elsevier
… in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the esophagus, as
… (EUS) offer new hope for reliable preoperative staging of patients with esophageal cancer. …

Comparison between positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the use of the assessment of esophageal carcinoma

H Kato, H Kuwano, M Nakajima, T Miyazaki… - Cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
computed tomography (CT), and these were correlated with the pathologic findings. The
authors studied 32 patients with thoracic esophagealComputed tomography scans that had …

Computed tomography for staging esophageal and gastroesophageal cancer: reevaluation

WM Thompson, RA Halvorsen… - American Journal of …, 1983 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
A reevaluation of computed tomography (CT) for staging carcinoma of the esophagus and …
For comparison 26 patients without carcinoma of the esophagus with a normal mediastinum at …

Computed tomography in the staging of esophageal carcinoma.

D Picus, DM Balfe, RE Koehler, CL Roper, JW Owen - Radiology, 1983 - pubs.rsna.org
… The computed tomographic (CT) findings in 52 patients with histologically proved esophageal
… CT is an accurate method for assessing the spread of esophageal carcinoma. Its use can …

Whole-body FDG positron emission tomographic imaging for staging esophageal cancer: comparison with computed tomography

CC Meltzer, JD Luketich, D Friedman… - Clinical nuclear …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
… In conclusion, PET imaging is useful in the initial staging of esophageal cancer and
provides additional and complementary information to that obtained by CT imaging. …

PET/Computed tomography scanning and precision medicine: esophageal cancer

R Goel, RM Subramaniam, JW Wachsmann - PET clinics, 2017 - pet.theclinics.com
… molecular advances in esophageal cancer highlighting the role of molecular and functional
imaging including PET with 18 F-flourodeoxy glucose and computed tomography (FDG PET/…

The questionable role of computed tomography in preoperative staging of esophageal cancer

JW Lea IV, RL Prager, HW Bender Jr - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 1984 - Elsevier
… Carcinomas of the esophagus show early local invasion to … Computed tomography (CT)
has been proposed as a … analyzes the computed tomographic appearance of esophageal carci…

Esophageal carcinoma: pretherapy staging by computed tomography

AA Moss, P Schnyder, RF Thoeni… - American journal of …, 1981 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
esophagus and mediastinum with a high degree of accuracy [17—21].Normal and pathologic
esophageal … of the use of computed tomography to stage esophageal carcinoma before …

Determination of respiratory motion for distal esophagus cancer using four-dimensional computed tomography

BP Yaremko, TM Guerrero, MF McAleer… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
esophagus gross tumor volume (GTV) within the planning target volume (PTV) and there are
few reports on esophagus cancer … for all advanced esophageal cancer patients treated at …