A comparison of computerised tomography, laparoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound in the preoperative staging of oesophago-gastric carcinoma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-167

  Wakelin, Sonia J ^a   Deans, Chris ^a   Crofts, Trevor J ^a   Allan, Paul L ^a   Plevris, John N ^a   Paterson Brown, Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; Endoscopic ultrasound; Laparoscopic ultrasound; Oesophago gastric cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; DIAPHRAGMS; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

LAPAROSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036169089     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(01)00418-1     Document Type: Article

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