Randomised trial of surgery alone versus radiotherapy followed by surgery for potentially operable locally advanced rectal cancer

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9042, 1996, Pages 1605-1610

  Gates, G D ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030583839     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)05348-2     Document Type: Article

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