Prospective comparison of the impact on treatment decisions of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-350

  Müller Horvat, Christian ^a   Radny, Peter ^b   Eigentler, Thomas K ^a   Schäfer, Jürgen ^a   Pfannenberg, Christina ^a   Horger, Marius ^a   Khorchidi, Sascha ^a   Nägele, Thomas ^a   Garbe, Claus ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Whole body CT; Whole body MRI

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; MUSCLE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CANCER; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31144433548     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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