Limited additional value of cervical ultrasonography over a negative 18F-FDG PET/CT for diagnosing cervical lymph node metastases in patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Conclusion Cervical ultrasonography has very limited additional diagnostic value as supplement to a negative 18F-FDG PET/CT in the detection of cervical lymph node metastases during the initial staging of patients with esophageal cancer.
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