Preoperative staging of rectal cancer by magnetic resonance imaging remains an imprecise tool

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Tytherleigh, Matthew G ^a   Ng, Vivien V ^a   Pittathankal, Anthony A ^a   Wilson, Matthew J ^a   Farouk, Ridzuan ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENT CANCER; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849097712     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04402.x     Document Type: Article

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