Interobserver and intraobserver variation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional anal endosonography in the evaluation of recurrent anal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 484-488

  Christensen, Anders F ^a   Nyhuus, Bo ^a   Nielsen, Michael B ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Endosonography; Interobserver; Intraobserver; Recurrence; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANAL CANAL; ANUS TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64549123086     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e318197d73e     Document Type: Article

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