Limits of endorectal ultrasound in tailoring treatment of patients with rectal cancer

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-134

  Restivo, Angelo ^a   Zorcolo, Luigi ^a   Marongiu, Luigi ^a   Scintu, Francesco ^a   Casula, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endorectal ultrasound; Rectal cancer; Rectal cancer staging; Tailored surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 84925423911     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: 14219883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375537     Document Type: Article

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