Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in the staging of rectal cancer: A retrospective study on 63 patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 420-424

  Marone, Pietro ^a   Petrulio, Franca ^a   De Bellis, Mario ^a   Rossi, Giovanni Battista ^a   Tempesta, Alfonso ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

EUS; Rectal cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034081238     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200006000-00013     Document Type: Article

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