A critical appraisal of endorectal ultrasound and transanal endoscopic microsurgery and decision-making in early rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 821-826

  Ashraf, S ^a,b   Hompes, R ^a   Slater, A ^b   Lindsey, I ^a   Bach, S ^c   Mortensen, N J ^a,b   Cunningham, C ^a  

^a Oxford Colorectal Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early rectal cancers; Endorectal ultrasound; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDORECTAL ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; TRANSANAL ENDOSCOPIC MICROSURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862121490     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02830.x     Document Type: Article

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