Sentence examples for initial staging from inspiring English sources

If PET is obtained for initial staging, pathologic confirmation is required for lesions that result in up-staging.

Tongatapu, Dr. Burley concluded, "probably served as the initial staging point for population expansion" to other islands of Tonga and into Samoa.

At the initial staging point of Khan al-Assal, a few miles outside Aleppo, buses and pickup trucks delivered those lucky enough to have escaped.

To evaluate the role of fluorine 18 deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) in the initial staging of ocular adnexal lymphoma (OAL).

This study was performed for initial staging.

The majority of patients underwent initial staging with CECT thorax/abdomen/pelvis with or without MRI.

Initial staging included oesophagoscopy with biopsies, chest and abdominal computed tomography (CT scan) and endoscopic ultrasound.

Twenty-seven were performed for initial staging and four for suspected disease recurrence.

Median SUVmax at initial staging was 17.1 (range, 8.5 to 49.7).

CONCLUSION: FDG-PET is an accurate modality both for initial staging and restaging of patients with cervical cancer.

Overall, the CTP information showed only little additional information for the initial staging compared with standard FDG-PET/CT.