A prospective comparison of endorectal ultrasound and pelvic magnetic resonance in the preoperative staging of rectal cancer

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-46

  Bianchi, Paolo ^a   Ceriani, Chiara ^a   Palmisano, Angela ^a   Pompili, Giovanni ^b   Passoni, Giovanni Rubis ^c   Rottoli, Matteo ^a   Cappellani, Andrea ^d   Montorsi, Marco ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endorectal ultrasound; Magnetic resonance; Preoperative staging; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750120846     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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