Defining the surgical planes on MRI improves surgery for cancer of the low rectum

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1207-1211

  Shihab, Oliver C ^a   Heald, Richard J ^a   Rullier, Eric ^b   Brown, Gina ^c   Holm, Torbjorn ^d   Quirke, Philip ^e   Moran, Brendan J ^f  

^a PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70649084124     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70084-1     Document Type: Note

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