Combined preoperative irradiation and direct postoperative 5-fluorouracil without negative effects on early anastomotic healing in the rat colon

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Biert, J ^a   Wobbes, T ^a   Hoogenhout, J ^a   De Man, B ^a   Hendriks, T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Chemotherapy; Colon; Healing; Radiotherapy; Rat

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BODY WEIGHT; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROURACIL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030446347     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01844-0     Document Type: Article

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