The utility of pretreatment barium enema in women with endometrial carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 442-445

  Pearl, Michael L ^a   Griffen, Todd ^a   Valea, Fidel A ^a   Chalas, Eva ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031105856     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.4590     Document Type: Article

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