Effectiveness of MRI for the assessment of mesorectal fascia involvement in patients with rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-134

  Xie, Haiting ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Zhuo, Zize ^b   Che, Shunan ^a   Xie, Lingduo ^a   Fu, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Mesorectal fascia; Meta analysis; MRI; Preoperative staging; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FASCIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

FASCIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902300614     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363075     Document Type: Review

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