Adjuvant preoperative radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal carcinoma - Results of a prospective, randomized trial

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1205-1214

  Marsh, P J ^a   James, R D ^a   Schofield, P F ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0028586691     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257783     Document Type: Article

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