Predictive ultrasound factors of lymphatic invasion in rectal cancer: "extra-corporeal" study Factores ecográficos predictivos de invasión linfática en el cáncer de recto: Estudio "ex-corpore"

Objective: the accuracy of preoperative endorectal ultrasound in the status evaluation of lymph nodes is around 50-70%, with a lack of eco-morphological patterns of clinical use. Since, accurate local staging is of great value in prognosis and decision-making we decided to analyze the referenced eco...

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Main Authors: José Manuel Ramírez-Rodríguez, María José Palacios-Fanlo, Javier Ortego-Fernández-de-Retana, Vicente Aguilella-Diago, Mariano Martínez-Díez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2011-06-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082011000600004