Staging rectal cancer with transrectal US: methodology, signs and parameters.
A review of the literature on the staging of rectal cancer by transrectal sonography is presented. T and N accuracy is reported based on the analysis of most common sonographic signs and parameters drawn from literature and compared to the authors' experience.
Barbaro
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Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Roma, Italy.
Cirinei
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De Gaetano
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D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography