title: Staging rectal cancer with transrectal US: methodology, signs and parameters.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cirinei
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: De Gaetano
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography