Change of sonographic findings on cervical lymph nodes before and after preoperative radiotherapy

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1255-1262

  Chikui, Toru ^a   Yuasa, Kenji ^a   Tokumori, Kenji ^a   Kanda, Shigenobu ^a   Kunitake, Naonobu ^b   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^b   Nagata, Tetsuji ^a   Hiraki, Akimitsu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Lymph node; Power Doppler; Radiotherapy; US

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 3242796725     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2173-4     Document Type: Article

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