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01-02-2006 | Urogenital

Cervical cancer: MR imaging findings before, during, and after radiation therapy

Author: Gulgun Engin

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 2/2006

Abstract

In this study, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of patients with varying stages of cervical carcinoma are reviewed. The appearances of the postirradiation pelvis on MR images are also characterized and correlated with preradiation therapy staging. MR imaging findings of recurrent and metastatic disease are presented and discussed.

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Title: Cervical cancer: MR imaging findings before, during, and after radiation therapy
Author: Gulgun Engin
Publication date: 01-02-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-005-2804-z

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