Browsing by Author "Acland, Katharine M."
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Assessing response to chemotherapy in metastatic melanoma with FDG PET: Early experience
Hofman, Michael S.; Constantinidou, Anastasia; Acland, Katharine M.; Healy, Ciaran; Harries, Mark; O'Doherty, M. (2007)The management of metastatic melanoma remains challenging with only modest response rates to chemotherapy but the need to identify the best re-staging techniques remains paramount. This study evaluates our early experience ...
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Informational needs of patients with melanoma and their views on the utility of investigative tests
Constantinidou, Anastasia; Afuwape, S. A.; Linsell, L.; Hung, T.; Acland, Katharine M.; Healy, Ciaran; Ramirez, A. J.; Harries, Mark (2009)Background: The aim of the study was to identify the informational needs of patients with melanoma on disease status and prognosis, and to ascertain their views on the utility of positron emission tomography (PET) and ...
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Patients with melanoma want to know their prognosis and value the use of investigative procedures
Constantinidou, Anastasia; Afuwape, S. A.; Hung, T.; Acland, Katharine M.; Healy, Ciaran; Ramirez, A. J.; Harries, Mark (2008)
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The Role of Pet Scanning and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: the Patients' Perspective
Constantinidou, Anastasia; Afuwape, S. A.; Hung, T.; Acland, Katharine M.; Healy, Ciaran; Ramirez, A. J.; Harries, Mark (2008)
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Routine positron emission tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography in melanoma staging with positive sentinel node biopsy is of limited benefit
Constantinidou, Anastasia; Hofman, Michael S.; O'Doherty, M.; Acland, Katharine M.; Healy, Ciaran; Harries, Mark (2008)Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly used for the staging and management of melanoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of PET or PET/ computed tomography (CT) as a routine procedure in patients ...