Neoadjuvant chemoradiation treatment impairs accuracy of MRI staging in rectal carcinoma [13]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1214-1215

  Jonas, J ^a   Bahr R ^a  

^a Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746128906     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.095034     Document Type: Letter

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