title: Appropriate preoperative investigations in the management of rectal cancer.
authors.forename: Hartley S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor