Cost-effectiveness of new technologies for staging endometrial cancer

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Heller, D ^a   Hricak, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033924001     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00014099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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