Chances of cure are not compromised with sphincter-saving procedures for cancer of the lower third of the rectum

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-785

  Lavery, Ian C ^a   Lopez Kostner, Francisco ^a   Fazio, Victor W ^a   Fernandez Martin, Manuel ^a   Milsom, Jeffrey W ^a   Church, James M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030804658     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90087-8     Document Type: Article

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