Preliminary results of preoperative 5-fluorouracil, low-dose leucovorin, and concurrent radiation therapy for clinically resectable T3 rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 515-522

  Grann, Alison ^a   Minsky, Bruce D ^a   Cohen, Alfred M ^a   Saltz, Leonard ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a   Paty, Philip B ^a   Kelsen, David P ^a   Kemeny, Nancy ^a   Ilson, David ^a   Bass Loeb, Joanne ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Preoperative therapy; Radiation therapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 0030968689     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055370     Document Type: Article

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