Transrectal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging measurement of extramural tumor spread in rectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 5021-5026

  Rafaelsen, Søren R ^a   Vagn Hansen, Chris ^a   Sørensen, Torben ^a   Pløen, John ^a   Jakobsen, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastases; Rectal cancer; Tumor staging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM; RECTUM CANCER; TRANSDUCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867760571     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i36.5021     Document Type: Article

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