Women with peritoneal carcinomatosis of unknown origin: Efficacy of image-guided biopsy to determine site-specific diagnosis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-50

  Hewitt, M J ^a   Anderson, K ^b   Hall, G D ^b   Weston, M ^b   Hutson, R ^b   Wilkinson, N ^b   Perren, T J ^b   Lane, G ^b   Spencer, J A ^b  

^a Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography guidance; Ovarian cancer; Peritoneum neoplasms; Ultrasound guided guidance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY DEVICE; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMATOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BRUISING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845514160     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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