Fifth-year surveillance computed tomography scanning after potentially curative resections for colorectal cancer

Surgeon

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-29

  Walter, Catherine J ^a   Al Allak, Asmaa ^a   Borley, Neil ^a   Goodman, Anthony ^a   Wheeler, James M D ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Computed tomography; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872267795     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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