Role of ultrasonography in the staging of gastrointestinal neoplasms

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-90

  Neumaier, Carlo Emanuele ^a   Cittadini, Giuseppe ^a   Grasso, Andrea ^a   Dahmane, M'Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary tract neoplasms; Colonic neoplasms; Color Doppler; Endosonography; Gallbladder neoplasms; Gastrointestinal neoplasms; Liver neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Pancreatic neoplasms; Ultrasonics; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0034983998     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ssu.1022     Document Type: Review

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