Long-term results of preoperative radiation therapy alone for stage T3 and T4 rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1445-1448

  Ahmad, N R ^a,b   Nagle, D ^c  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Jefferson/Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030860514     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800841029     Document Type: Article

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