A prospective study of six methods for detection of hepatic colorectal metastases

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-30

  Carter, R ^a   Hemingway, D ^a   Cooke, T G ^a,b   Pickard, R ^a   Poon, F W ^a   McKillop, J A ^a,b   McArdle, C S ^a,b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Imaging; Liver metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030053088     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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