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Publications

  • Weng YH, Yen TC, Lu CS. Parkinsonian syndromes associated with hydrocephalus. Ann Nucl Med. 2002; 15:97-102. (SCI=0.987)

  • Chang YC, Yen TC, Tzen KY. Detection of lung metastasis in a choriocarcinoma patients by FDG-PET scan. Ann Nucl Med. 2002; 15:103-6. (SCI=0.987)

  • Tsai CC, Yen TC*, Tzen KY. The value of Tc-99m red blood cell SPECT in differentiating giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver from other liver solid masses. Clin Nucl Med. 2002; 27:578-81. (SCI=3.231) (correspondence)

  • Huang CC, Yen TC, Weng YH, Lu CS. Normal dopamine transporter binding in dopa responsive dystonia. J Neurol. 2002; 249:1016-20. (SCI=2.477)

  • Chang YC, Tzen KY, Lu CS, Yen TC, Lin WJ, Chen JT. Vascular parkinsonism in FDG-PET scan: preliminary study. Ann Nucl Med. 2002; 15:113-8. (SCI=0.987)

  • Tsai CC, Yen TC, Tzen KY. Discrepancy between 99mTc-MDP bone scan and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography in bony metastases of a lung cancer patient: A case report. Ann Nucl Med. 2002; 15:137-40. (SCI=0.987)
    Chan SC, Tsai CC, Lai JY, Kong MS, Tzen KY, Yen TC. Diagnosis of bile peritonitis caused by rupture of choledochal cyst via 99mTc-DISIDA cholescintigraphy: A case report.     Ann Nucl Med. 2002; 15:147-50. (SCI=0.987)

  • Lin KJ, Ye XX, Yen TC, et al. Biodistribution study of [123I] ADAM in mice: correlation with whole body autoradiography. Nucl Med Biol. 2002; 29:643-650. (SCI=2.478)

  • Yen TC , Wang SJ, Tsai SC, Chen GH, Lan JL. In-111-labeled platelet scintigraphies in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatogastroenterol. 2002; 49: 1066-8.

  • Hsiao MC, Lin KJ, Liu CY, Tzen KY, Yen TC*. Dopamine transporter change in drug-naive schizophrenia: An imaging study with [99m Tc] TRODAT-1. Schizo Res. 2003; 65:39-46. (correspondence)

  • Huang CC, Chu NS, Yen TC, Wai YY, Lu CS. Dopamine transporter binding in Wilsons disease. Can J Neurol Sci. 2003; 30:163-7. (SCI=1.274)

  • Liu SH, Chan SC, Jung SM, Yen TC. Diffuse cutaneous plasmacytomas demonstrated on gallium-67 imaging. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2003; 19:193-5.

  • Huang CC, Weng YH, Lu CS, Chu NS, Yen TC. Dopamine transporter binding in chronic manganese intoxication. J Neurol. 2003; 250:1335-9. (SCI=2.984)

  • Cheng WJ, Hsieh BT, Wang CH, et al. Vascular responses to endovascular irradiation of 188Re in the rabbit model after angioplasty. Appl Radiat Isotopes. 2003; 257:255-60. (SCI=1.008)

  • Tsai CC, Tsai CS, Ng KK, Lai CH, Hsueh S, Kao PF, Chang TC, Hong JH, Yen TC. The impact of image fusion in resolving discrepant findings between FDG-PET and MRI/CT in patients with gynaecological cancers.Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2003; 30:1674-83. (SCI=4.101)

  • Ma SY, Lai CH, See LC,Yen TC* , et al. Delayed (18)F-FDG PET for detection of paraaortic lymph node metastases in cervical cancer patients. J Nucl Med. 2003; 44:1775-83. (SCI=5.915) (correspondence)

  • Yen TC, Ng KK, Ma SY, et al. Value of dual-phase 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in cervical cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2003; 21: 3651-8. (SCI=15.484)

  • Ku MC, Huang CC, Kuo HC, Yen TC, Chen CJ, Shih TS, Chang HY. Diffuse white matter lesions in carbon disulfide intoxication: Microangiopathy or demyelination. Eur Neurol. 2003; 50:220-4. (SCI=1.323)

  • Yen TC, See LC, Lai CH, et al. 18F-FDG uptake in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix is correlated with glucose transporter 1 expression. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45:22-9. (SCI=5.915)

  • Lu CS, Weng YH, Chen MC, Chen RS, Tzen KY, Wey SP, Ting G, Chang HC, Yen TC*. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 imaging of multiple system atrophy. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45:49-55. (SCI=5.915) (correspondence)

  • Lai CH, Huang KG, See LC, Yen TC, Tsai CS, Chang TC, Chou HH, Ng KK, Hsueh S, Hong JH. Restaging of recurrent cervical carcinoma with dual-phase [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography. Cancer. 2004: 100:544-52. (SCI=4.632)

  • Lin KL, Yen TC, Wey SP, et al. Characterization of the binding sites for [123I]-ADAM and the relationship to the serotonin transporter in rat and mouse brains using quantitative autoradiography. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45:673-81. (SCI=5.915)

  • Weng YH, Yen TC, Chen MC, et al. Sensitivity and specificity of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT imaging in differentiating patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease from healthy subjects. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45:393-401. (SCI=5.915)

  • Lai SC, Weng YH, Yen TC, et al. Imaging early stage corticobasal degeneration with [99mTc]TRODAT-1 SPECT. Nucl Med Commun. 2004; 25:339-45. (SCI=1.299)

  • Liu SH, Chang JT, Ng SH, Chan SC, Yen TC*. False positive fluorine-18 fluorodeoxy- D-glucose positron emission tomography finding caused by osteoradionecrosis in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient. Brit J Radiol. 2004; 77:257-60. (SCI=1.773) (correspondence)

  • Chang TC, Law KS, Hong JH, Lai CH, Ng KK, Hsueh S, See LC, Chang YC, Tsai CS, Chou HH, Huang KG, Liou JD, Lin CT, Chao A, Chen MY, Wu TI, Ma SY, Yen TC. Positron emission tomography for unexplained elevation of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels during follow-up for patients with cervical malignancies: a phase II study. Cancer. 2004; 101:164-71. (SCI=4.632)

  • Huang CC, Yen TC, Shih TS, et al. Dopamine transporter binding study in differentiation carbon disulfide induced parkinsonism from idiopathic Parkinsonism. Neurotoxicology. 2004; 25:341-7. (SCI=3.009)

  • Tsai CS, Chang TC, Lai CH, Tsai CC, Ng KK, Hsueh S, Yen TC, Hong JH. Preliminary report of using FDG-PET to detect extrapelvic lesions in cervical cancer patients with enlarged pelvic lymph nodes on MRI/CT. Int J Radiat Oncol. 2004; 58:1506-12. (SCI=4.29)

  • Lu CS, Chang HC, Kuo PC, Liu YL, Wu WS, Weng YH, Yen TC, Chou YH. The parkinsonian phenotype of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 in a Taiwanese family. Parkinsonism Relat D. 2004; 10:369-73. (SCI=2.021)

  • Ng SH, Chang TC, Chan SC, Yen TC*, et al. Nodal metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: patterns of disease on MRI and FDG PET. Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2004; 31:1073-80. (SCI=4.101) (correspondence)

  • Yen TC, See LC, Chang TC, et al. Defining the priority of using 18F-FDG PET for recurrent cervical cancer. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45:1632-9. (SCI=5.915)

  • Ng SH, Joseph TC Chang, Chan SC, Yen TC*, et al. Clinical usefulness of 18F-FDG PET in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with questionable MRI findings for recurrence. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45:1669-76. (SCI=5.915) (correspondence)

  • Chan SC, Ng SH, Yen TC, Chang JT, Chen TM. False-positive findings on F-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and extensive sinusitis. Clin Nucl Med. 2005; 30: 62-3. (SCI=3.231)

  • Yen TC, Chang YC, Chan SC, et al. Are dual-phase 18F-FDG-PET scans necessary in nasopharyngeal carcinoma to assess the primary tumor and loco-regional nodes? Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2005; 32: 541-8. (SCI=4.101)

  • Yen TC*, Ng SH, Chan SC, et al. The value of 18F-FDG PET in the detection of stage M0 carcinoma of the nasopharynx. J Nucl Med. 2005; 46:405-10. (SCI=5.915) (correspondence)

  • Yen TC , Chang Joseph TC, Ng SH, et al. Staging of untreated squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa with 18F-FDG PET: comparison with head and neck CT/MRI and histopathology. J Nucl Med. 2005; 46: 775-81. (SCI=5.915)

  • Joseph TC Chang, Chan SC, Yen TC, et al. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma staging by (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Int J Radiat Oncol. 2005; 62: 501-7. (SCI=4.29)

  • Chang YC, Yen TC, Ng KK, et al. Does diabetes mellitus influence the efficacy of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of cervical cancer? Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2005; 32: 647-52. (SCI=4.101)

  • Ng SH, Yen TC, Liao CT, Chang Joseph TC, Chan SC, Ko SF, Wang HM, Wong HF. 18F-Fluoro-2-Deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and CT/MRI in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective study of 124 patients with histological correlation. J Nucl Med. 2005; 46: 1136-43. (SCI=5.915)

  • Liu FY, Chen JS, Changchien CR, Yeh CY, Liu SH, Ho KC, Yen TC*.Utility of 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in managing patients of colorectal cancer with unexplained carcinoembryonic antigen elevation at different levels running head: FDG-PET for unexplained CEA elevation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2005; 48: 1900-12. (SCI=2.621) (correspondence)

  • Ho KC, Ng KK, Yen TC, Chou HH. An ovary in luteal phase mimicking common iliac lymph node metastasis from a primary cutaneous peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour as revealed by 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Brit J Radiol. 2005; 78: 343-5. (SCI=1.773)

  • Chang TC, Yen TC, Li YT, Wu YC, Chang YC, Ng KK, Jung SM, Wu TI, Lai CH. The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in gestational trophoblastic tumours: a pilot study. Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2006; 33: 156-63. (SCI=4.101)

  • Chan SC, Yen TC, Ng KK, et al. Upper pole of a duplex kidney mimicking adrenal incidentaloma in 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography: A pitfall in diagnosis. Brit J Radiol. 2006; 79: 50-2. (SCI=1.773)

  • Yen TC, Lai CH. Positron emission tomography in gynecologic cancer. Semin Nucl Med. 2006; 36: 93-104. (SCI=5.25)

  • Chao A, Chang TC, Ng KK, Hsueh S, Huang HJ, Chou HH, Tsai CS, Yen TC, Wu TI, Lai CH. 18F-FDG PET in the management of endometrial cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2006; 33: 36-44. (SCI=4.101)

  • Chou HH, Chang TC, Yen TC, Ng KK, Hsueh S, Ma SY, Chang CJ, Huang HJ, Chao A, Wu TI, Jung SM, Wu YC, Lin CT, Huang KG, Lai CH. Low value of [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in primary staging of early-stage cervical cancer before radical hysterectomy. J Clin Oncol. 2006 ; 24 :123-8. (SCI=15.484)

  • Yen TC, Lai CH, Ma SY, Chao A, Chou HH, Tsai CS, Chang YC, Hsueh S, Hong JH, Lin WJ, Ng KK. Comparative benefits and limitations of (18)F-FDG PET and CT-MRI in documented or suspected recurrent cervical cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2006 ; 33: 1399-407 (SCI=4.101)

  • Liu FY, Chang TC Joseph, Wang HM, Liao CT, Kang CJ, Ng SH, Chan SC, Yen TC*. [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography is more sensitive than skeletal scintigraphy for detecting bone metastasis in endemic nasopharyngeal carcinoma at initial staging. J Clin Oncol. 2006; 24: 599-604. (SCI=15.484) (correspondence)

  • Lin KJ, Liu CY,Wey SP,Hsiao IT,Wu J,Fu YK, Yen TC*. Brain SPECT imaging and whole-body biodistribution with [(123)I]ADAM - a serotonin transporter radiotracer in healthy human subjects. Nucl Med Biol. 2006; 33: 193-202 (SCI=2.478) (correspondence)

  • Liao CT, Wang HM, Hsieh LL, Chang Joseph TC, Ng SH, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Lin CH, Chen IH , Kang CJ, Huang SF, Yen TC*. Higher distant failure in young age tongue cancer patients. Oral Oncol. 2006; 42: 718-25. (SCI=2.569) (correspondence)

  • Chan SC, Ng SH, Chang Joseph TC, Lin CY, Chen YC, Chang YC, Hsu CL, Wang HM, Liao CT, Yen TC* Advantages and pitfalls of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in detecting locally residual or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2006; 33: 1032-40. (SCI=4.101) (correspondence)

  • Liao CT, Wang HM, Ng SH, Yen TC*, Lee LY, Hsueh C, Wei FC, Chen IH, Kang CJ, Huang SF, Chang Joseph TC. Good tumor control and survivals of squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa treated with radical surgery with or without neck dissection in Taiwan. Oral Oncol. 2006; 42: 800-9. (SCI=2.569) (correspondence)

  • Cheung YC, Chen SC, Hsieh IC, Lo YF, Tsai HP, Hsueh S, Yen TC. Multidetector computed tomography assessment on tumor size and nodal status in patients with locally advanced breast cancer before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Eur J Surg Oncol 2006; 32:1186-1190. (SCI=2.065)

  • Liao CT, Chang JT, Wang HM, Ng SH, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Lin CH, Chen IH, Kang CJ, Huang SF, Tsai MF, Yen TC* Surgical outcome of T4a and resected T4b oral cavity cancer. Cancer. 2006; 107:337-44. (SCI=4.632) (correspondence)

  • Yen TC, Lin CY, Wang HM, Huang SF, Liao CT, Kang CJ, Ng SH, Chan SC, Fan KH, Chen IH, Lin WJ, Cheng AJ, Chang JT. 18F-FDG-PET for evaluation of the response to concurrent chemoradiation therapy with intensity-modulated radiation technique for Stage T4 nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol. 2006; 65: 1307-14. (SCI=4.29)

  • Chan SC, Yen TC, Ng SH, Lin CY, Wang HM, Liao CT, Fan KH, Chang JT. Differential roles of 18F-FDG PET in patients with locoregional advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma after primary curative therapy: response evaluation and impact on management. J Nucl Med. 2006; 47: 1447-54. (SCI=5.915)

  • Ng SH, Yen TC, Chang JT, Chan SC, Ko SF, Wang HM, Lee LY, Kang CJ, Wong AM, Liao CT. Prospective study of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma with palpably negative neck. J Clin Oncol. 2006; 24:4371-6. (SCI=15.484)

  • Liao CT, Ng SH, Chang JT, Wang HM, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Tsao CK, Chen WH, Chen IH, Kang CJ, Huang SF, Yen TC*. T4b oral cavity cancer below the mandibular notch is resectable with a favorable outcome. Oral Oncol. 2007; 43: 570-9. (SCI=2.569) (correspondence)

  • Liao CT, Kang CJ, Chang JT, Wang HM, Ng SH, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Lin CH, Cheng AJ, Chen IH, Huang SF, Yen TC*.Survival of second and multiple primary tumors in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in the betel quid chewing area.Oral Oncol. 2007; 43: 811-9. (SCI=2.569) (correspondence)

  • Lin CT, Yen TC, Chang TC, Ng KK, Tsai CS, Ho KC, Lai CH. Role of [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in re-recurrent cervical cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006; 16: 1994-2003. (SCI=1.425)

  • Lai CH, Yen TC, Chang TC. Positron emission tomography imaging for gynecologic malignancy. Curr Opin Obstet Gyn. 2007; 19: 37-41. (SCI=1.766)

  • Qiu JT, Ho KC, Lai CH, Yen TC, Huang YT, Chao A, Chang TC. Supraclavicular lymph node metastases in cervical cancer. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2007; 28: 33-8. (SCI=0.587)

  • Liao CT, Chang TC, Wang HM, Ng SH, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Lin CH, Chen IH, Huang SF, Cheng AJ, Yen TC*. Survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: differences between pT4 N0 and other stage IVA categories. Cancer. 2007; 110: 564-71. (SCI=4.632) (correspondence)

  • Weng YH, Wu Chou YH, Wu WS, Lin KJ, Chang HC, Yen TC, Chen RS, Wey SP, Lu CS. PINK1 mutation in Taiwanese early-onset parkinsonism: Clinical, genetic, and dopamine transporter studies. J Neurol. 2007; 254: 1347-55 (SCI=2.477)

  • Liu FY , Lin CY , Chang TC , Ng SH , Chin SC , Wang HM , Liao CT , Chan SC , Yen TC*.18F-FDG PET can replace conventional work-up in primary M staging of nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma. J Nucl Med. 2007; 48: 1614-9 (SCI=5.915) (correspondence)

  • Liao CT, Wang HM, Chang TC, Ng SH, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Lin CH, Chen IH, Huang SF,Yen TC*.Analysis of risk factors for distant metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Cancer. 2007; 110: 1501-8. (SCI=4.632) (correspondence)

  • Tseng MJ, Ho KC, Lin G, Yen TC, Tsai CS, Lai CH. Peritoneal metastasis in primary cervical cancer: a case report. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2007; 28: 225-8. (SCI=0.587)

  • Yen TC, See LC, Lai CH, Tsai CS, Chao A, Hsueh S, Hong JH, Chang TC, Ng KK. Standardized uptake value in para-aortic lymph nodes is a significant prognostic factor in patients with primary advanced squamous cervical cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol I. 2008;35:493-501 (SCI=4.101)

  • Liao CT, Chang TC, Wang HM, Ng SH, Hsueh C, Lee LY, Lin CH, Chen IH, Huang SF, Cheng AJ, See LC, Yen TC*. Does Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Improve Outcome in pT1-3N0 Oral Cavity Cancer with Tumor-free Margins and Perineural Invasion ? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 71: 371-6. (SCI=4.463) (correspondence)

  • Kung HF, Kung MP, Wey SP, Lin KJ, Yen TC. Clinical acceptance of a molecular imaging agent: a long march with [(99m)Tc]TRODAT. Nucl Med Biol. 2007; 34: 787–9. (SCI=2.478)

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