Feasibility and accuracy of TRUS in the pre-treatment staging for rectal carcinoma in general practice

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-425

  Ptok, H ^a,b   Marusch, F ^b   Meyer, F ^a   Wendling, P ^c   Wenisch, H J C ^d   Sendt, W ^e   Manger, T ^f   Lippert, H ^a   Gastinger, I ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Main Taunus Kreises GmbH   (Germany)

^d Ernst von Bergmann Clinic   (Germany)

^e Krankenhaus St Joseph Stift Bremen   (Germany)

^f SRH Wald Klinikum Gera   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Prospective multicenter observational study; Rectal carcinoma; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646471544     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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