Preoperative T staging using CT colonography with multiplanar reconstruction for very low rectal cancer

Abstract Background Preoperative T staging of lower rectal cancer is an important criterion for selecting intersphincteric resection (ISR) or abdominoperineal resection (APR) as well as selecting neoadjuvant therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative T staging using...

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Main Authors: Dai Shida, Gen Iinuma, Akira Komono, Hiroki Ochiai, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Mototaka Miyake, Yukihide Kanemitsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3756-9