Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 843-852 , August 2008

Indeterminate lesions in cancer imaging

  • J.A. Spencer

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: John A. Spencer, Department of Clinical Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS7 9TF, UK. Tel.: +44 113 2064542; fax: +44 113 2065092.

Received 22 August 2007 ,Revised 9 November 2007 ,Accepted 25 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.11.025

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 843-852 , August 2008

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