Effectiveness of preoperative staging in rectal cancer: digital rectal examination, endoluminal ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging?

In rectal cancer, preoperative staging should identify early tumours suitable for treatment by surgery alone and locally advanced tumours that require therapy to induce tumour regression from the potential resection margin. Currently, local staging can be performed by digital rectal examination (DRE...

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Autores principales: Brown, G, Davies, S, Williams, G T, Bourne, M W, Newcombe, R G, Radcliffe, A G, Blethyn, J, Dallimore, N S, Rees, B I, Phillips, C J, Maughan, T S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
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Clinical
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15188013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601871

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15188013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601871

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