Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography in preoperative gastric cancer staging: diagnostic yield and therapeutic impact Utilidad de la ecoendoscopia en la estadificiación preoperatoria del cáncer gástrico: rentabilidad diagnóstica e impacto terapéutico

Objectives: to evaluate the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasonography in loco-regional staging of gastric cancer in our medium and to determine the impact of this technique on later therapeutic management. Material and methods: this is a retrospective study carried out on patients histologicall...

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Main Authors: A. Repiso, R. Gómez-Rodríguez, R. López-Pardo, M. M. Lombera, M. Romero, A. Aranzana, S. Abad, R. Rodríguez-Merlo, L. López, J. M. Carrobles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2010-07-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082010000700003