Evaluation and treatment of patients receiving radiation for cancer of the rectum or sigmoid colon in the United States: Results of the 1988-1989 patterns of care study process survey

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 954-959

  Coia, L ^a   Wizenberg, M ^b   Hanlon, A ^b   Gunderson, L ^b   Haller, D ^b   Hoffman, J ^b   Kline, R ^b   Mohiuddin, M ^b   Russell, A ^b   Tepper, J ^b   Owen, J ^b   Hanks, G ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028347632     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1994.12.5.954     Document Type: Article

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