The colorectal malignant polyp: Scoping a dilemma

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-100

  Hassan, C ^a   Zullo, A ^a   Winn, S ^a   Eramo, A ^a   Tomao, S ^b   Rossini, F P ^c   Morini, S ^a  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Cancer; Colon; Malignant polyp; Management; Polyp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; POLYPECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM POLYP; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 33845893330     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.06.039     Document Type: Article

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