Pretreatment magnetic resonance imaging of regional lymph nodes with carcinoembryonic antigen in prediction of synchronous distant metastasis in patients with rectal cancer
Distant metastasis in patients with rectal cancer remains a problem influencing prognosis. Prediction of synchronous distant metastasis is important for the choice of personalized treatment strategies and postoperative follow-up protocol. So far, there are few studies about the predictive value of M...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053642/ |