Preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma by endorectal ultrasound: Is there a learning curve?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1261-1268

  Badger, Stephen A ^a   Devlin, P B ^a   Neilly, P J D ^a   Gilliland, R ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endorectal ultrasound; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDORECTAL ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447307812     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0273-3     Document Type: Article

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