Magnetic resonance (MR) patterns of brain metastasis in lung cancer patients: Correlation of imaging findings with symptom

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-144

  Jena, Amarnath ^a   Taneja, Sangeeta ^a   Talwar, Vineet ^a   Sharma, Jai Bhagwan ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic brain metastasis; MR patterns; NSCLC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 40049089908     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318161d775     Document Type: Article

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