Preoperative staging of rectal cancer with MRI: Accuracy and clinical usefulness

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 732-737

  Kim, Nam Kyu ^a   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Park, Jea Kun ^a   Park, Sung IL ^a   Min, Jin Sik ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Preoperative staging; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033637785     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0732-3     Document Type: Article

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