Utility of positron emission tomography for the staging of patients with potentially operable esophageal carcinoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 15, 2000

Authors

P Flamen1, A Lerut, E Van Cutsem, W De Wever, M Peeters, S Stroobants, P Dupont, G Bormans, M Hiele, P De Leyn, D Van Raemdonck, W Coosemans, N Ectors, K Haustermans, L Mortelmans

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Patrick.Flamen@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

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