Comparative study of transrectal ultrasonography, pelvic computerized tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative staging of rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 770-775

  Kim, Nam Kyu ^a   Kim, Myung Jin ^a   Yun, Seong Hyeon ^a   Sohn, Seung Kook ^a   Min, Jin Sik ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rectal cancer; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344483868     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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