The need for a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer: A critical review from a medical oncologist and surgeon

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 385-396

  Rougier, Philippe ^a,b   Neoptolemos, John P ^c  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma of colon and rectum; Colorectal cancer; Multidisciplinary approach; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; OXALIPLATIN; RALTITREXED;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; BLOOD TOXICITY; BOLUS INJECTION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030728047     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(97)93715-X     Document Type: Review

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