Postoperative radiation therapy for high-risk colon carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1112-1117

  Willett, Christopher G ^a   Fung, Claire Y ^a   Kaufman, Donald S ^a   Efird, Jimmy ^a   Shellito, Paul C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; LEVAMISOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027153101     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1993.11.6.1112     Document Type: Article

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