A Reappraisal of Staging and Therapy for Patients with Cancer of the Rectum: I. Development of Two New Systems of Staging

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 1975, Pages 1441-1453

  Feinstein, Alvan R ^a,b   Schimpff, Carol R ^a,b   Hull, Edgar W ^a,b,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM TUMOR;

HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0016577141     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1975.00330110031005     Document Type: Article

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