Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 288-291 , June 2010

Anal cancer maximum F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography is correlated with prognosis

  • Elizabeth A. Kidd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Farrokh Dehdashti

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Barry A. Siegel

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Perry W. Grigsby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Box 8224, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Pl., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Received 28 October 2008 ,Revised 17 February 2010 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.02.019

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 288-291 , June 2010

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