A Systematic Review of the Predictive Value of 18FDG-PET in Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation on the Survival Outcome Stratification

• Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 894 - 905
• Main Authors: Schollaert, Pascaline, Crott, Ralph, Bertrand, Claude, D’Hondt, Lionel, Borght, Thierry Vander, Krug, Bruno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Gastroenterology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Surgery; FDG-PET; Overall survival; Esophageal cancer; Disease-free survival

Purpose We studied the predictive value of [ 18  F]fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography ( 18 FDG-PET) for assessing disease-free (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer. Materials and methods A literature search (PUBMED/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane)...