Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 272-275 , October 2002

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in small-cell lung cancer

  • Deshan S. Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Shanxi Medical College, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taiyaman Shanx, People's Republic of China
    • Harlem Hospital, Department of Radiology, New York, NY. USA
    • ,
  • Ana Y. Valdivia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Shanxi Medical College, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taiyaman Shanx, People's Republic of China
    • Harlem Hospital, Department of Radiology, New York, NY. USA
    • ,
  • Yi Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Shanxi Medical College, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taiyaman Shanx, People's Republic of China
    • Harlem Hospital, Department of Radiology, New York, NY. USA
    • ,
  • M. Donald Blaufox

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Shanxi Medical College, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taiyaman Shanx, People's Republic of China
    • Harlem Hospital, Department of Radiology, New York, NY. USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to M. Donald Blaufox MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Park, 1695A Eastchester Rd, Bronx, NY 10461.

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2002.126052

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 272-275 , October 2002

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