In Vitro Investigation of Detectability of Colorectal Lymph Nodes and Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer Using B-Mode Sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Tateishi, Tsutomu ^a   Machi, Junji ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^b   Oishi, Andrew J ^a   Furumoto, Nancy L ^a   Oishi, Robert H ^a   McCarthy, Laurence J ^c   Yanagihara, Eugene ^c   Shirouzu, Kazuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasonography; Colorectal cancer; High frequency ultrasonography; Lymph node metastasis; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COLON; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE LYMPH; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM; STUDENT T TEST;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346101570     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10210     Document Type: Article

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