Prognostic value of initial fluorodeoxyglucose-PET in esophageal cancer: a prospective study.

ObjectivesEsophageal cancer outcome greatly depends on the pathological stage. Our objectives were to assess prognosis on the basis of the initial fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET scan, focusing on the correlation between overall survival and FDG uptake in the primary, as well as the presence of FDG-pos