Lymph node staging in malignant testicular germ cell tumors;Lymphknotenstaging maligner testikularer keimzelltumoren

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-94

  Krug, Barbara ^a   Heidenreich, A ^b   Dietlein, M ^b   Lackner, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lymph nodes (diagnosis); Lymphography; PET; Testicular neoplasms (diagnosis); Tomography (magnetic resonance); Tomography (X ray computed); Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEUM; SCINTISCANNING; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033175984     PISSN: 09366652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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