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The role of unenhanced phase of the liver in the scanning protocol of metastatic breast cancer: implications for sensitivity, response evaluation and size measurement Cover

The role of unenhanced phase of the liver in the scanning protocol of metastatic breast cancer: implications for sensitivity, response evaluation and size measurement

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 55 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)
By: Juan José Arenas-Jiménez,  Elena García-Garrigós and  Mariana Cecilia Planells-Alduvín  
Open Access
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2021-0029 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 418 - 425
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2021
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Accepted on: May 1, 2021
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Published on: Nov 19, 2021
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
breast cancer,
staging,
computed tomography,
metastases,
hepatic lesion
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2021 Juan José Arenas-Jiménez, Elena García-Garrigós, Mariana Cecilia Planells-Alduvín, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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