Preoperative staging of irradiated rectal cancers using digital rectal examination, computed tomography, endorectal ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging does not accurately predict T0,N0 pathology

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-144

  Kahn, H ^a   Alexander, A ^a   Rakinic, J ^a   Nagle, D ^a   Fry, R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Endorectal ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 0031028876     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054977     Document Type: Article

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