Imaging of metastatic melanoma

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 204-208

  King, D Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous cancer; Imaging; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846907438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0033     Document Type: Article

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