Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-216

  Aitken, R J ^a  

^a Eastern General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030030112     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830218     Document Type: Article

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