Carder, Charles
Fielding, Patrick
Roberts, Ashley
Foley, Kieran http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-1759
Funding for this research was provided by:
Moondance Foundation
Article History
Received: 20 November 2019
Revised: 11 December 2019
Accepted: 17 December 2019
First Online: 13 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Kieran Foley.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors (Dr. Kieran Foley) has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained (reference number 13//DMD5769).
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in Foley KG, Hills RK, Berthon B, et al (2018) Development and validation of a prognostic model incorporating texture analysis derived from standardised segmentation of PET in patients with oesophageal cancer. <i>Eur Radiol</i> 28:428–436. ExternalRef removedThis article investigated the prognostic significance of PET texture analysis. A similar cohort was used (patients with oesophageal cancer staged between 2010 and 2016, but nodal concordance between PET/CT and EUS was not included in this study and is a brand new research hypothesis).
: • Retrospective• Diagnostic or prognostic study• Multi-centre study