Lymph node detection by MRI before and after a systematic pelvic lymphadenectomy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-318

  Klerkx, W M ^a   Heintz, A P M ^a   Mali, W P ThM ^a   de Kort, G A P ^a   Takahara, T ^a   van Dorst, E B L ^a   Peeters, P H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Diagnostic imaging; Lymph node; MRI; Pelvis; Postsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67549148329     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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