Accuracy of computed tomography perfusion in assessing metastatic involvement of enlarged axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Yun ^a   Bellomi, Massimo ^b   Gatti, Giovanna ^c   Ping, Xuejun ^a  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749010184     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr1738     Document Type: Article

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