Three-dimensional endorectal ultrasonography for staging of obstructing rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 636-642

  Hunerbein M ^a   Below, C ^a   Schlag, P M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endorectal ultrasonography; Preoperative staging; Rectal cancer; Stenosis; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029982239     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02056942     Document Type: Article

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