Surveillance imaging and cost effectivity in pediatric brain tumors

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-192

  Kovanlikaya, Arzu ^a   Karabay, Nuri ^a   Çakmakçi, Handan ^a   Uysal, Kamer ^a   Olgun, Nur ^a   Ergör, Gül ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pediatric brain tumors; Recurrence rate and cost effectivity; Surveillance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

SURVEILLANCE IMAGING;

RADIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0043161941     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00213-9     Document Type: Article

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