Preoperative 5-FU, low-dose leucovorin, and radiation therapy for locally advanced and unresectable rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Minsky, Bruce D ^a   Cohen, Alfred M ^a   Enker, Warren E ^a   Saltz, Leonard ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a   Paty, Philip B ^a   Kelsen, David P ^a   Kemeny, Nancy ^a   Ilson, David ^a   Bass, Joanne ^a   Conti, John ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Preoperative therapy; Radiation therapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDOTES; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030993414     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00487-7     Document Type: Article

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