Significance of tumour calcification in ovarian carcinoma

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 980, 2009, Pages 640-644

  Burkill, G J C ^a   Allen, S D ^a,b   A'Hern, R P ^a   Gore, M E ^a   King, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CALCIUM; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650683707     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/12716831     Document Type: Article

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