Endoscopic ultrasound for rectal cancer

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1093-1105

  Wiersema, Maurits J ^a   Harewood, Gavin C ^b  

^a GI Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036894266     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(02)00050-X     Document Type: Review

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