Diffusion-weighted imaging in cervical cancer with an endovaginal technique: Potential value For improving tumor detection in stage la and lb1 disease

Radiology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 541-550

  Charles Edwards, Elizabeth M ^a   Messiou, Christina ^a   Morgan, Veronica A ^a   De Silva, Sonali S ^a   McWhinney, Norman A ^b   Katesmark, Mike ^b   Attygalle, Ayoma D ^c   Desouza, Nandita M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56149084030     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2491072165     Document Type: Article

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