Radiological diagnosis and staging of hilar cholangiocarcinoma
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Radiological staging in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
OBJECTIVE To obtain diagnostic performance values of CT, MRI, ultrasound and 18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/CT for staging of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. METHODS A comprehensive systematic search was performed for articles published up to March 2011 that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Study quality was assessed with the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1948-5204
DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v5.i7.115