Comparison of endoscopic ultrasonography and multislice spiral computed tomography for the preoperative staging of gastric cancer - results of a single institution study of 610 Chinese patients.

BACKGROUND: This study compared the performance of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in the preoperative staging of gastric cancer. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A total of 610 patients participated in this study, all of whom had undergone surgical r...

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Main Authors: Xing-Yu Feng, Wei Wang, Guang-Yu Luo, Jing Wu, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Wei Li, Xiao-Wei Sun, Yuan-Fang Li, Da-Zhi Xu, Yuan-Xiang Guan, Shi Chen, You-Qing Zhan, Xiao-Shi Zhang, Guo-Liang Xu, Rong Zhang, Ying-Bo Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3815220?pdf=render