Radical surgery and postoperative radiotherapy as combined treatment in rectal cancer. Final results of a phase III study of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 352-357

  Arnaud, J P ^a   Nordlinger, B ^c   Bosset, J F ^b   Hoctin Boes, G ^d   Sahmoud, T ^d   Schlag, P M ^e   Pene, F ^f  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^e Section of Pathology   (Germany)

^f HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030899945     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840325     Document Type: Article

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