Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging in endometrial cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1020-1025

  McComiskey, Mark H ^a   McCluggage, W Glenn ^b   Grey, Arthur ^b   Harley, Ian ^a   Dobbs, Stephen ^a   Nagar, Hans A ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; MRI; Myometrial invasion; Surgical staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863608157     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e3182571490     Document Type: Article

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