Optimal diagnostic criteria for lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis in rectal carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5 B, 2007, Pages 3529-3533

  Matsuoka, Hiroyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Akihisa ^a   Masaki, Tadahiko ^a   Sugiyama, Masanori ^a   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^a   Ohkura, Yasuo ^a   Sakamoto, Atsuhiko ^a   Atomi, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral pelvic lymph node; Lymph node; MRI; Rectal cancer; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 35349000644     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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