Diagnostic usefulness of routinely performed preoperative chest computed tomography for colorectal cancer

Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Hwang, Mi Jin ^a   Jung, Sang Hun ^a   Kim, Jae Hwang ^a   Shim, Min Chul ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest computed tomography; Colorectal cancer; Preoperative staging; Pulmonary metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954712934     PISSN: 20937822     EISSN: 20937830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3393/jksc.2010.26.3.211     Document Type: Article

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