Pelvic MRI for guiding treatment decisions in rectal cancer

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Glynne Jones, Robert ^a   Tan, David ^b   Goh, Vicky ^a,c,d  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLOID CARCINOMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906336137     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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