Superiority of NBI endoscopy to PET/CT scan in detecting esophageal cancer among head and neck cancer patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

Abstract Background Second primary cancer of the esophagus is frequent in head and neck patients, especially in high-risk populations, and has a great impact on the prognosis. Although Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan is commonly conducted in head and neck patients, i...

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Main Authors: Hsuan-An Su, Shun-Wen Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsu, Lien-Yen Wang, Hsu-Heng Yen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-6558-4