MR staging in carcinoma of the endometrium and carcinoma of the cervix

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Pakkal, M V ^a   Rudralingam, V ^a   McCluggage, W G ^a   Kelly, B E ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3142711833     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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