Endorectal ultrasonography in rectal cancer: A preliminary Barbadian experience

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 313-318

  Zbar, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK REDUCTION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33847124448     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000500004     Document Type: Article

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