Diffusion-weighted MR imaging for postoperative nodal recurrence of esophageal squamous cell cancer in comparison with FDG-PET

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2468-2470

  Shuto, Kiyohiko ^a   Saito, Hiroshige ^a   Ohira, Gaku ^a   Natsume, Toshiyuki ^a   Konol, Tsuguaki ^a   Tohma, Takayuki ^a   Sato, Asami ^a   Ota, Takumi ^a   Akutsu, Yasunori ^a   Aoyagi, Tomoyoshi ^a   Matsubara, Hisahiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; Esophageal cancer; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 84864585105     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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