Asymptomatic Brain Metastases (BM) in Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC): MR-imaging is Useful at Initial Diagnosis
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Neuro-Oncology
- Vol. 48 (3) , 243-248
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006427407281
Abstract
Purpose. In this study we evaluated the usefulness of MR-imaging in the detection of asymptomatic brain metastases (BM) at the initial diagnosis in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and...Keywords
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