Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 708-719 , September 2010

Diagnostic precision of CT in local staging of colon cancers: a meta-analysis

  • S. Dighe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
    • Department of Surgery, Mayday Hospital, Croydon, UK
    • ,
  • S. Purkayastha

      Affiliations

    • St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
    • Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • ,
  • I. Swift

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mayday Hospital, Croydon, UK
    • ,
  • P.P. Tekkis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • ,
  • A. Darzi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • ,
  • R. A’Hern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computing and Statistics, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
    • ,
  • G. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: G. Brown, Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton SM2 5PT, UK. Tel.: +442086613964; fax: +442089156721.

Received 21 September 2009 ,Revised 22 December 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.024

Clinical Radiology
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