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Positron emission tomography for staging and management of malignant melanoma by Prichard, R. S., Hill, A. D. K., Skehan, S. J., O'Higgins, N. J.

“…Background: The incidence of malignant melanoma is rising; it now has an incidence of ten per 100 000 per annum in the UK. The development of metastases is…”
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Positron emission tomography in the staging and management of breast cancer by Byrne, A. M., Hill, A. D. K., Skehan, S. J., McDermott, E. W., O'Higgins, N. J.

“…Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cause of cancer death in women in the Western world, and imaging is essential in its diagnosis and staging…”
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Minimally Invasive Diagnosis of Secondary Intracranial Lymphoma by Killeen, R. P., Connaghan, G., Stocker, E., Redmond, C. E., Healy, G. M., McClement, A. P., Skehan, S. J.

“…Diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCL) are an aggressive group of non-Hodgkin lymphoid malignancies which have diverse presentation and can have high…”
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Incidental Phaeochromocytoma on Staging PET-CT in a Patient with a Sigmoid Tumour and Situs Inversalis Totalis by Boland, M. R., Lowery, Aoife, Walsh, S., Beddy, D., Prichard, R. S., O'Shea, Donal, Skehan, S. J., McDermott, E. W.

“…An adrenal “incidentaloma” is defined as an unexpected finding on radiological imaging performed for unrelated indications. Improvements in radiological…”
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Value of Double-Contrast Barium Enema Performed Immediately After Incomplete Colonoscopy by Brown, A. L, Skehan, S. J, Greaney, T, Rawlinson, J, Somers, S, Stevenson, G. W

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ease, completeness, and clinical utility of double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) performed immediately after…”
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Role of bone scan in addition to CT in patients with breast cancer selected for systemic staging by McCartan, D. P., Prichard, R. S., MacDermott, R. J., Rothwell, J., Geraghty, J., Evoy, D., Quinn, C. M., Skehan, S. J., O'Doherty, A., McDermott, E. W.

“…Background The majority of women with breast cancer present with localized disease. The optimal strategy for identifying patients with metastatic disease at…”
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Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy: MR findings by Skehan, SJ, Hutchinson, M, MacErlaine, DP

“…To describe the MR appearances of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. MR examinations were performed on…”
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Is diffusion-weighted MRI sufficient for follow-up of neuroendocrine tumour liver metastases? by Lavelle, L.P, O'Neill, A.C, McMahon, C.J, Cantwell, C.P, Heffernan, E.J, Malone, D.E, Daly, L, Skehan, S.J

“…Aim To assess if diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) alone could be used for follow-up of neuroendocrine hepatic metastases. Material and methods This was a…”
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Sedation and analgesia in adult patients: evaluation of a staged-dose system based on body weight for use in abdominal interventional radiology by Skehan, S J, Malone, D E, Buckley, N, Matsumoto, S, Rawlinson, J, Ting, G, Graham, D, Alexander, J, Somers, S, Stevenson, G W

“…To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a systematic protocol for sedation and analgesia in interventional radiology. Ninety-one adult patients underwent…”
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Should abdominal sequences be included in prostate cancer MR staging studies? by McEvoy, S.H, Lavelle, L.P, Purcell, Y.M, Quinlan, D.M, Skehan, S.J, Collins, C.D, McMahon, C.J

“…Highlights • ESUR guideline that abdominal MR sequences are reserved for high-risk prostate cancer is tested. • Routine abdominal sequences are of low yield in…”
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The Role of Hepatic Arterial Doppler Ultrasound after Liver Transplantation: an ‘Audit Cycle’ Evaluation by MACENEANEY, P.M., MALONE, D.E., SKEHAN, S.J., CURRY, M.P., MILLER, J.C., GIBNEY, R.G., TRAYNOR, O., MCCORMICK, P.A.

“…AIMS: To compare the diagnostic performance of hepatic arterial (HA) Doppler ultrasound post-liver transplantation for hepatic artery thrombosis and stenosis…”
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Diagnostic performance of MDCT, PET/CT and gadoxetic acid (Primovist®)-enhanced MRI in patients with colorectal liver metastases being considered for hepatic resection: initial experience in a single centre by Chan, V. O., Das, J. P., Gerstenmaier, J. F., Geoghegan, J., Gibney, R. G., Collins, C. D., Skehan, S. J., Malone, D. E.

“…Purpose To compare the relative diagnostic performance of MDCT, PET/CT and Primovist-enhanced MRI (P-MRI) in the pre-resection work-up of colorectal cancer…”
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Detection of Unsuspected Colonic Abnormalities Using the Pneumocolon Technique During Small Bowel Meal Examination by CHOU, S, SKEHAN, S.J, BROWN, A.L, RAWLINSON, J, SOMERS, S

“…AIMS: The pneumocolon technique in small bowel meal examination is used to obtain double-contrast views of the distal ileum. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Selection of patients for resection of hepatic metastases: improved detection of extrahepatic disease with FDG pet by Zealley, I A, Skehan, S J, Rawlinson, J, Coates, G, Nahmias, C, Somers, S

“…A rapidly emerging clinical application of positron emission tomography (PET) is the detection of tumor tissue at whole-body studies performed with the glucose…”
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Imaging features of primary and recurrent esophageal cancer at FDG PET by Skehan, S J, Brown, A L, Thompson, M, Young, J E, Coates, G, Nahmias, C

“…Because of the poor prognosis for patients with esophageal cancer and the risks associated with surgical intervention, accurate staging is essential for…”
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in elderly irish patients with malignant melanoma by Moran, D E, Smith, M J, O'Sullivan, M J, Bannon, H, Crotty, T B, Collins, C D, Skehan, S J, O'Higgins, N, McDermott, E W, Evoy, D, Hill, A D K

“…In patients with malignant melanoma, Breslow depth increases with age. However, studies suggest that the frequency of sentinel lymph node metastases in…”
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18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron tomography in diagnosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease by Issenman, Robert, Mernagh, John, Nahmias, Claude, Jacobson, Kevan, Skehan, Stephen J

“…Existing techniques for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in children are generally less than ideal. Positron tomography with fluorine-18-labelled…”
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A comparison of a non-ionic dimer, iodixanol with a non-ionic monomer, iohexol in low dose intravenous urography by Skehan, S J, Rasmussen, F, Gibney, R G, Lindequist, S, Moller-Nielsen, S, Svaland, M G, Kampenes, V B, Bjartveit, K, Greaney, T, Carlsen, S D, Masterson, J

“…A prospective, double-blind study of 392 patients randomized into four groups was performed to establish whether diagnostic intravenous urograms could be…”
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Positron emission tomography in the investigation of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease by Lemberg, Daniel A, Issenman, Robert M, Cawdron, Ruth, Green, Tim, Mernagh, John, Skehan, Stephen J, Nahmias, Claude, Jacobson, Kevan

“…Background: Endoscopic and radiologic studies are frequently required in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to determine disease activity, extent of disease, and…”
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46. A three-hour 111In-leukocyte scan as a surrogate for a colloid marrow scan in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis by Dutton, J., Skehan, S. J., Peters, A. M.

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