Routine PET does not alter nodal staging in patients undergoing EUS-FNA for esophageal cancer

Background: Accurate staging of patients with esophageal cancer is critical for optimal management. Patients with metastatic involvement of regional lymph nodes may not benefit from primary surgical resection. The aim of this study was to determine the utility of performing routine PET scan in patie...

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Main Author: Azar, Riad R. (author)
Other Authors: Keswani, Rajesh N. (author), Early, Dayna (author), Edmundowicz, Steven A. (author), Govindan, Ramaswamy (author)
Format: article
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2008.03.115
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(08)00532-4/abstract
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