Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: Correlation of computed tomography findings with tumor grade and mortality

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 792-798

  Tateishi, Ukihide ^a   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^a   Satake, Mitsuo ^b   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Cancer Center Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL PHASE; DUAL PHASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HIGH GRADES; LOW GRADE; LOW-HIGH; PROGNOSE; RELATIVE RISKS; TUMOUR GRADE;

TUMORS;

IMATINIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0042386281     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200309000-00018     Document Type: Article

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