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The diagnostic yield of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in recurrent testicular seminoma.

Athanasios Bantis, Petros Sountoulides, Linda Metaxa, Pavlos Pavlidis, Eleni Aggelonidou, Halil Arif, Athanasios Zisimopoulos

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Article in Urology annals. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Athanasios BantisDepartment of Urology, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Petros SountoulidesDepartment of Urology, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Linda MetaxaDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Anatomical Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Pavlos PavlidisDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Eleni AggelonidouDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Halil ArifDepartment of Urology, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Athanasios ZisimopoulosDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
University Hospital of Alexandroupolis · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan imaging is undoubtedly a significant evolution in oncological urology, although at present of limited use in every day urology practice. The aim of this study is to highlight the indication and diagnostic accuracy of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in the staging of a patient with metachronous bilateral testicular seminoma, elevated tumor markers, and equivocal conventional imaging findings.

Indexed as

Bilateral seminomachemotherapyfluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scantestis tumors

Identifiers

PMID28058002
PMCPMC5100163
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