Natural history of small, "indeterminate" hepatic lesions in patients with colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1487-1491

  Lim, Geok Hoon ^a   Koh, Dean Chi Siong ^a   Cheong, Wai Kit ^a   Wong, Kutt Sing ^a   Tsang, Charles Bih Shiou ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Hepatic lesions; Indeterminate liver lesions; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68149168774     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0013e3181a74d5e     Document Type: Article

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