Computed tomographic atlas for the new international lymph node map for lung cancer: A radiation oncologist perspective

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-66

  Lynch, Rod ^a   Pitson, Graham ^a   Ball, David ^b   Claude, Line ^c   Sarrut, David ^c,d  

^a Andrew Love Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84872011689     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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