Clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging and the preoperative identification of low risk endometrial cancer

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Losco, Giovanni ^a   Sykes, Peter ^a,d   Anderson, Nigel ^b   Roberts, Hugh ^b   Fulton, James ^c   Fraser, Hamish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c Otago District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Audit; Endometrial neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoplasm staging; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8444227402     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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