Can endoscopic ultrasound predict early rectal cancers that can be resected endoscopically? A meta-analysis and systematic review

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1221-1229

  Puli, Srinivas R ^a   Bechtold, Matthew L ^a   Reddy, Jyotsna B K ^a   Choudhary, Abhishek ^a   Antillon, Mainor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Meta analysis; Rectal cancer; Staging; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953628383     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0862-9     Document Type: Review

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