Radiologist experience and CT examination quality determine metastasis detection in patients with esophageal or gastric cardia cancer

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2475-2484

  van Vliet, Evelyn P M ^a   Hermans, J J ^a   De Wever, W ^b   Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Steyerberg, E W ^a   Faasse, C ^c   van Helmond, E P M ^d   de Leeuw, A M ^e   Sikkenk, A C ^f   de Vries, A R ^g   Vries, E H ^h   Kuipers, E J ^a   Siersema, P D ^a,i  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Franciscus Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

^f Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^g ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT; Esophageal cancer; Gastric cardia cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CARDIA CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB EXPERIENCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREND STUDY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54049116292     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1052-4     Document Type: Article

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