Neuroimaging analysis of rare brain metastases from prostate cancer
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Juliana Macedo1,∗, Eduarda Carneiro4, Diana Ferreira4, António Verdelho5, Luís Pedro Afonso6, Joaquina Maurício7, Susana Maria Silva2,3, Mavilde Arantes2,3,4 1 Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal 2 Unit of Anatomy, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal 3 Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), 4200-450, Portugal 4 Division of Neuroradiology, Radiology Service, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal 5 Neurosurgery Service, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal 6 Pathological Anatomy Service, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal 7 Medical Oncology Service, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Macedo).
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