Routine computed tomography scanning for tumor staging in advanced laryngeal cancer: Implications for treatment selection

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2315-2317

  Wolf, Gregory T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLEROSIS;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952518034     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.27.3276     Document Type: Editorial

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