The rectosigmoid problem

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 521-525

  D'Souza, Nigel ^a,c   tot Babberich, Michael P M de Neree ^b   Lord, Amy ^a,c   Shaw, Annabel ^a,c   Abulafi, Muti ^c   Tekkis, Paris ^a   Wiggers, Theo ^b   Brown, Gina ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Colorectal cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoadjuvant; Rectum; Sigmoid

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; COLON TENIA; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSIGMOID JUNCTION; RECTUM; REVIEW; SIGMOID; ANIMAL; COLON TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85053191674     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: 18793320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2018.06.005     Document Type: Review

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