Ten year results of preoperative radiation in the treatment of rectal cancer;10-jahres-ergebnisse der präoperativen radiotherapie in der behandlung des rectumcarcinoms

Chirurg

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 621-624

  Reed, W P ^a,b   Garb, J L ^a   Stark, A J ^a   Chabot, J R ^a   Friedmann, P ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Preoperative radiation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECTUM TUMOR; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030171352     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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