Metastatic carcinoma of the breast: The appearances of metastatic spread to the abdomen and pelvis as demonstrated by CT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 952, 2007, Pages 284-292

  Brookes, M ^a   MacVicar, David ^b   Husband, J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADVANCED CANCER; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MUSCLE METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN METASTASIS; SPLEEN CANCER; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347404508     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/50066770     Document Type: Review

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