Accuracy of endoanal ultrasound in the follow-up assessment for squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal treated with radiochemotherapy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1054-1057

  Martellucci, Jacopo ^a   Naldini, Gabriele ^b   Colosimo, Caterina ^c   Cionini, Luca ^c   Rossi, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Dept of Clin Microbiol Lab   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; GI; Imaging and VR; Technical; Technical surgical; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 67349240150     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0130-7     Document Type: Article

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