Nodal staging in rectal cancer

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 652-659

  Koh, D M ^a   Brown, G ^a   Husband, J E ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nodal staging; Nodes Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ULTRASMALL IRON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248171879     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9021-3     Document Type: Review

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