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FDG-PET Parameters as Prognostic Factor in Esophageal Cancer Patients: A Review |
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| Authors: | J M T Omloo M van Heijl O S Hoekstra M I van Berge Henegouwen J J B van Lanschot G W Sloof |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Surgery, The Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) The Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Research, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Present address: The Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;(4) Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; |
| Abstract: | Background18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been used extensively to explore whether FDG Uptake can be used to provide prognostic information for esophageal cancer patients. The aim of the present review is to evaluate the literature available to date concerning the potential prognostic value of FDG uptake in esophageal cancer patients, in terms of absolute pretreatment values and of decrease in FDG uptake during or after neoadjuvant therapy. |
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