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18F-FDG PET/CT in Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Esophageal and Gastric Cancer and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)

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Esophageal cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer with a worldwide estimate of more than 400,000 new cases annually. It is the third most common gastrointestinal malignancy, with a highly variable incidence in different geographic locations. While in the United States and Western Europe less than 5/100,000 individuals suffer from this disease, its incidence is steadily increasing over recent years in these countries.1–3

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Bar-Shalom, R., Guralnik, L. (2010). 18F-FDG PET/CT in Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Esophageal and Gastric Cancer and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST). In: Delbeke, D., Israel, O. (eds) Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92820-3_8

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