Preoperative 'chemoradiation' for stages II and III rectal carcinoma

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 514-519

  Stryker, Steven J ^a,b   Kiel, Krystyna D ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^a   Shaw, John M ^a   Ujiki, Gerald T ^a   Poticha, Stuart M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINATE CALCIUM; MITOMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030003783     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430170060012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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