CT perfusion of head and neck cancer: Why we should care versus why should we care!

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-393

  Mukherji, S K ^a   Castelijns, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASOSPASM; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949587616     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1964     Document Type: Editorial

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