Open AccessComputed tomography overestimation of esophageal tumor length: Implications for radiotherapy planning
Author(s) -
Karim Sillah,
Luke Williams,
Hans-Ulrich Laasch,
Azeem Saleem,
Gillian Watkins,
Sheila Pritchard,
Patricia M Price,
Catharine M L West,
Ian Welch
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i4.197
Subject(s) - medicine , pathological , radiation therapy , esophageal neoplasm , nuclear medicine , radiology , retrospective cohort study , esophageal cancer , surgery , cancer
To assess the relationship between preoperative computed tomography (CT) and postoperative pathological measurements of esophageal tumor length and the prognostic significance of CT tumor length data.