Preoperative staging for rectal cancer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7572, 2006, Pages 766-767

  Finlay, Ian ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750085300     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38996.423102.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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