Retroperitoneal sarcomas

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-94

  Francis, Isaac R ^a   Cohan, Richard H ^a   Varma, Datla G K ^b   Sondak, Vernon K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MR; Neoplasms; Radionuclide imaging; Retroperitoneal space; Sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SARCOMA;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645259909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2005.0019     Document Type: Article

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