MR imaging and computed tomography in patients with rectal tumours clinically judged as locally advanced

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-218

  Blomqvist, Lennart ^a   Holm, Torbjörn ^a   Nyrén, Sven ^a   Svanström, Rut ^a   Ulvskog, Yasmina ^a   Iselius, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoplasms; Rectum

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOPROMIDE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE; SOFT TISSUE; UTERUS;

EID: 0036520842     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2001.0736     Document Type: Article

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