Preoperative radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the rectum

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 778-787

  Chari, Ravi S ^a   Tyler, Douglas S ^a   Anscher, Mitchell S ^a   Russell, Linda ^a   Clary, Bryan M ^a   Hathorn, James ^a   Seigler, Hilliard F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0029057685     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199506000-00016     Document Type: Article

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