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spellingShingle Moller, Anne Kirstine Hundahl, Loft, Annika, Berthelsen, Anne Kiil, Damgaard Pedersen, Karen, Graff, Jesper, Christensen, Charlotte Birk, Perell, Katharina, Petersen, Bodil Laub, Daugaard, Gedske, The Oncologist, 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review, Cancer Research, Oncology
title 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review
title_full 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review
title_fullStr 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review
title_short 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review
title_sort 18f-fdg pet/ct as a diagnostic tool in patients with extracervical carcinoma of unknown primary site: a literature review
title_unstemmed 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Extracervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Literature Review
topic Cancer Research, Oncology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0189