MRI in rectal cancer: The T stage and circumferential resection margin

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 392-395

  Beets Tan, R G H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circumferential resection margin; MRI; Rectal cancer; T stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041827174     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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