Clinical anatomy in the oncology patient: A preclinical elective that reinforces cross-sectional anatomy using examples of cancer spread patterns

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-99

  Hansen, John T ^a   Rubin, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Cross sectional anatomy; Integration; Medical education; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 0031935090     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:2<95::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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