Multidetector computed tomography follow-up of hypoattenuating small liver lesions in patients with rectal cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-416

  Tan, Cher Heng ^a   Bhosale, Priya R ^a   Das, Prajnan ^b   Crane, Christopher H ^b   Viswanathan, Chitra ^a   Raval, Bharat ^a   Eng, Cathy ^b   Iyer, Revathy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; liver metastases; rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961171085     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181e84e1a     Document Type: Article

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