The value of abdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of colon cancer;Rentabilidad de la ecografía abdominal en el diagnóstico del cáncer de colon

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 877-886

  Ares, David Martínez ^a,c   Barrenechea, I Martín Granizo ^a   Souto Ruzo, J ^b   López, J Yáñez ^b   Peral, A Pallarés ^a   Vazquez Iglesias J L ^b  

^a Service of Digestive Disease   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Aparato Digestivo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Diagnosis; Symptomatic patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ABDOMEN; COLON TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745073290     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: 11300108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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