title: Endorectal ultrasound and the preoperative staging of rectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Colorectal Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Akbari
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery