Results of preoperative intraluminal brachytherapy combined with radical surgery for middle and lower rectal carcinomas

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-81

  Yanagi, Hidenori ^a   Kusunoki, Masato ^a   Kamikonya, Norihiko ^a   Yamamura, Takehira ^a   Utsunomiya, Joji ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraluminal brachytherapy; Radiation; Rectal carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 0030790703     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199706)65:2<76::AID-JSO2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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