Pulmonary staging in colorectal cancer - Is computerised tomography the answer?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-333

  McIntosh, J ^a   Sylvester, P A ^a   Virjee, J ^a   Callaway, M ^a   Thomas, M G ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Computerised tomography; Pulmonary metastases

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28844451990     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588405X60579     Document Type: Review

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