Stomach cancer: Prevalence and significance of neck nodal metastases on sonography

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1968-1972

  Bhatia, Kunwar S S ^a   Griffith, James F ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Metastases; Neck; Sonography; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CARDIA; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650898838     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1372-z     Document Type: Article

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