Adjuvant preoperative radiotherapy in patients with rectal carcinoma: Adverse effects during long term follow-up of two randomized trials

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 968-976

  Holm, Torbjörn ^a   Singnomklao, Toom ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^a   Cedermark, Björn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adverse effects; morbidity; preoperative radiotherapy; rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PELVIC BONES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0029792241     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960901)78:5<968::AID-CNCR5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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