Evaluation of CT in identifying colorectal carcinoma in the frail and disabled patient

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2988-2997

  Ng, C S ^a,f   Doyle, T C ^b,d   Pinto, E M ^c   Courtney, H M ^b   Bull, R K ^b,e   Prevost, A T ^c   Campbell, G A ^b   Freeman, A H ^b   Dixon, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Computed tomography; Disabled

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; CARCINOMA; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISABLED PERSONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036887055     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1367-5     Document Type: Article

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