Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Evidence Based Radiology (EBR) in the follow-up of the patients after surgery for lung and colon-rectal carcinoma;Medicina Basata sulle Evidenze (EBM) e Radiologia Basata sulle Evidenze (EBR) nel follow-up dei pazienti operati per tumore del polmone e del colon

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-357

  Giovagnoni, Andrea ^a   Ottaviani, Letizia ^b   Mensa, Anna ^b   Durastanti, Martina ^b   Floriani, Irene ^b   Cascinu, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM); Evidence Based Radiology (EBR); Follow up, Colorectal Cancer; Follow up, Lung Cancer

Indexed keywords

COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 22244466453     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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