Comparison between endoluminal ultrasonography and spiral computerized tomography for the preoperative local staging of rectal carcinoma

BioScience Trends

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-76

  Ju, Haixing ^a   Xu, Dong ^a   Li, Dechuan ^a   Chen, Guiping ^a   Shao, Guoliang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Endo luminal ultrasound; Neoplasm staging; Rectal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77952515619     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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