Staging of colorectal cancer

Semin Roentgenol. 2000 Oct;35(4):370-84. doi: 10.1053/sroe.2000.17759.

Abstract

CT, MR, and TRUS play complementary roles in staging CRC. Further improvements in these techniques will improve the accuracy of preoperative staging and thereby help optimize patient treatment and outcome.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Colon / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Radioimmunodetection
  • Rectum
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography