Endoscopic ultrasound versus ct scan for detection of the metastases to the liver: Results of a prospective comparative study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-373

  Singh, Pankaj ^a,b,e   Mukhopadhyay, Phalguni ^a   Bhatt, Bankim ^a   Patel, Tushar ^c   Kiss, Alex ^d   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Bhat, Sanjay ^a   Erickson, Richard A ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; EUS; EUS FNA; FNA; Liver; Liver cancer; Liver secondaries; Metastases; Metastasis; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CANCER; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; EVALUATION; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549110299     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318167b8cc     Document Type: Article

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