Predicting residual rectal adenocarcinoma in the surgical specimen after preoperative brachytherapy with endoscopic ultrasound

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 435-440

  Romagnuolo, Joseph ^a   Parent, Josée ^b   Vuong, Té ^b   Bélanger, Mélanie ^b   Michel, René P ^b   Belliveau, Paul J ^b   Trudel, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endoscopic ultrasound; Rectal cancer; Tumor sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4444353840     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/715393     Document Type: Article

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