Reappraisal of the 5 centimetre rule of distal excision for carcinoma of the rectum: A study of distal intramural spread and of patients' survival

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 150-154

  Williams, N S ^a   Dixon, M F ^a   Johnston, D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0020701082     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800700305     Document Type: Article

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