Incidental findings on positron emission tomography/CT scans performed in the investigation of lung cancer

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1015, 2012, Pages

  Chopra, Annu ^a   Ford, A ^b   De Noronha, R ^a   Matthews, S ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863656528     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/60606623     Document Type: Article

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