Prognosis after surgery in patients with incurable rectal cancer: A population-based study

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1116-1120

  Mahteme, H ^a   Pahlman L ^a   Glimelius, B ^a   Graf, W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029759958     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830827     Document Type: Article

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