Rectal carcinoma: Are we making a difference?

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 806-810

  Hurst, Ronald ^a   Stamos, Michael ^a   Wilmoth, Gerald ^a   Lin, Cal ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029766850     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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