Evaluation of local invasion by oesophageal carcinoma - A prospective study of prone computed tomography scanning

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 905, 2001, Pages 181-184

  Wayman, J ^a   Chakraverty, S ^a   Griffin, S M ^a   Doyle, G J ^a   Keir, M J ^a   Simpson, W ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Local invasion; Neoplasm staging; Oesophageal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035094151     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.905.181     Document Type: Article

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