Pelvic computed tomography of breast carcinoma patients: Should it routinely be added to abdominal computed tomography?

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 500-504

  Meyer, Jonathan I ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a   Einstein, David M ^a   Singer, Anne A ^a   Budd, G Thomas ^a   Cohen, Mark A H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; computed tomography; metastases; pelvis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031034084     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970201)79:3<500::AID-CNCR11>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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