Measurement of tumour volume by MRI to evaluate risk of pelvic nodal metastases in early cervical carcinoma patients

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 146-150

  Lebioda, Andrzej ^a   Makarewicz, Roman ^a   Zyromska, Agnieszka ^a   Szymański, Marek ^a   Sokolska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; MRI; Nodal metastases; Tumour volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 72449211099     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(10)60029-6     Document Type: Article

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