title: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography: use for initial staging of malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harlan
authors.forename: Mark D P
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pittelkow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001365:Axilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000077204:Temozolomide; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D003606:Dacarbazine; D000077204:Temozolomide