Is there additional information from laparoscopic ultrasound in tumor staging?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 479-483

  Rau, Beate ^a   Hünerbein, Michael ^a   Schlag, Peter M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal malignancy; Laparoscopic ultrasound; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; ULTRASOUND;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036963760     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067600     Document Type: Article

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