Rectal Cancer: The Influence of Type of Operation on Local Recurrence and Survival

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 643-648

  Bjerkeset, Tormod ^a   Edna, Tom Harald ^a  

^a Innherred Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Rectal cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029818128     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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