Gallbladder carcinoma update: Multimodality imaging evaluation, staging, and treatment options

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1440-1447

  Furlan, Alessandro ^a,b   Ferris, James V ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Keyanoosh ^a   Borhani, Amir A ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Gallbladder neoplasm; MRI; PET; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 55549094072     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3599     Document Type: Article

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