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ArticleContemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)2021

Prognostic significance of metabolic tumour volume and maximum standard uptake value of fluor-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Christopher John, Jeyaanth Venkatasai, Satish Srinivas Kondaveeti, Arunan Murali, Gokulakrishnan Periakaruppan, Venkatachalapathy E, Manickavasagam Meenakshisundaram, Ravi Chandran Ambalathandi, Hemavathi Masilamani

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Article in Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher JohnDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Jeyaanth VenkatasaiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Satish Srinivas KondaveetiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Arunan MuraliDepartment of Radio-Diagnosis, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Gokulakrishnan PeriakaruppanDepartment of Radio-Diagnosis, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Venkatachalapathy EDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Manickavasagam MeenakshisundaramDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Ravi Chandran AmbalathandiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Hemavathi MasilamaniDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India.
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aim of the studyTo evaluate the prognostic role of markers of fluor-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography ( MATERIAL AND

methodsBetween January 2017 and January 2020, 20 case records of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who underwent

resultsAt a median follow-up of 34.7 months, the 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 70% and 2-year overall survival (OS) was 79%. Patients with a lower nodal SUV

conclusionsHigh values of MTV and SUV

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MTVnasopharyngeal carcinomaprognostic factorSUVmax

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