Improving the treatment of colorectal cancer: The role of EUS

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 572-581

  Snady, Harry ^a,b   Merrick, Marnin A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUS Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031741464     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357909809032887     Document Type: Review

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