Transvaginal sonography as an adjunct to endorectal sonography in the staging of rectal cancer in women

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-98

  Dhamanaskar, Kavita P ^a,b   Thurston, Wendy ^c   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Gastrointestinal radiology; Oncologic imaging; Rectum; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDORECTAL ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUBULOVILLOUS ADENOMA; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; CARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 33747141497     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1363     Document Type: Article

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