Staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Comparison of CT and MR imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1039-1047

  Heelan, Robert T ^a   Rusch, Valerie W ^a   Begg, Colin B ^a   Panicek, David M ^a   Caravelli, James F ^a   Eisen, Carolyn ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032699748     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.4.10587144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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