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Positron Emission Tomography for Monitoring Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients With Oesophageal and Gastro-oesophageal Junction Carcinoma
Treatment-Response Monitoring Using PET in Esophageal Carcinoma
SA Suttie , AE Welch, KGM Park
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2009 Oct 1
Eur J Surg Oncol
Positron Emission Tomography for Monitoring Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients With Oesophageal and Gastro-oesophageal Junction Carcinoma
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2009 Oct 1;35(10):1019-1029, SA Suttie , AE Welch, KGM Park
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Aims: The aim of this review is to consolidate our knowledge on an important and rapidly expanding area of expertise. Numerous methods for predicting response (in terms of pathological response and survival) to neoadjuvant therapy (chemotherapy/chemo-radiotherapy) in oesophageal and junctional cancers have been proposed. This review concerns itself only with the use of positron emission tomography for such a purpose. At present there are no standardised criteria amongst PET trials as to what determines...