Endorectal ultrasound of T3 and T4 rectal cancers after preoperative chemoradiation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Williamson, Paul R ^a,b   Hellinger, Michael D ^a   Larach, Sergio W ^a   Ferrara, Andrea ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Colorectal Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Endorectal ultrasound; Preoperative chemoradiation; Preoperative staging; Radiation therapy; Rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030024748     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02048268     Document Type: Article

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