Staging cancer of the uterus: A national audit of MRI accuracy

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 523-530

  Duncan, K A ^a   Drinkwater, K J ^a   Frost, C ^b   Remedios, D ^a   Barter, S ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860247318     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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