CT staging of colorectal cancer: What do you find in the chest?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-358

  McQueen, A S ^a   Scott, J ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDETERMINATE LUNG NODULE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858007482     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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