Comparison of CT and MRI in the pre-operative staging of rectal adenocarcinoma and prediction of circumferential resection margin involvement by MRI

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 396-401

  Mathur, P M ^a   Smith, J J ^a   Ramsey, C ^a   Owen, M ^a   Thorpe, A ^a   Karim, S ^a   Burke, C ^a   Ramesh, S ^a   Dawson, P M ^a  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circumferential resection margin involvement; CT; MRI; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041827304     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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