Magnetic resonance for T-staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma - The most informative pair of sequences

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Lau, Kam Y ^a   Kan, Wai K ^a   Sze, Wai M ^a   Lee, Anne W M ^a   Chan, John K W ^a   Yau, Tsz K ^a   Yeung, Rebecca M ^a   Tan, Lawrence T H ^b   Chan, Ping O ^a   Lee, Alex S L ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Baptist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CANCER INVASION; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18344413352     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyh033     Document Type: Article

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