Value of rectal ultrasound in predicting staging and outcome in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1323-1330

  Roman, Sabine ^a   Cenni, Jean Claude ^a   Roy, Pascal ^b   Pujol, Bertrand ^c,d   Napoleon, Bertrand ^c,d   Keriven Souquet, Odile ^c   Souquet, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Clinique Saint Jean   (France)

Author keywords

Downstaging; Preoperative radiotherapy; Prognosis; Rectal carcinoma; Utn classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4444294234     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0583-2     Document Type: Article

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