MR imaging in endometrial carcinoma as a diagnostic tool for the absence of myometrial invasion

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-347

  Nakao, Yoshifumi ^a   Yokoyama, Masatoshi ^a   Hara, Koichi ^a   Koyamatsu, Yasuko ^a   Yasunaga, Makio ^a   Araki, Yasuhiro ^a   Watanabe, Yukiko ^a   Iwasaka, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative therapy; Endometrial carcinoma; MRI; Myometrial invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745882682     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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