Indicative findings of pancreatic cancer in prediagnostic CT

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2448-2455

  Ahn, Sung Soo ^a   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a,b   Choi, Jin Young ^a   Hong, Hye Suk ^a   Chung, Yong Eun ^a   Lim, Joon Seok ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Computed tomography; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349873485     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1422-6     Document Type: Review

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