Endoanal ultrasound is of little value in follow-up of anal carcinomas

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 839-842

  Lund, Jo A ^a,b   Sundstrom, Stein H ^a   Haaverstad, Rune ^a   Wibe, Arne ^a   Svinsaas, Morten ^a   Myrvold, Helge E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anus; Carcinoma; Follow up; Radiotherapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOANAL ULTRASOUND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542600128     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0529-8     Document Type: Article

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