Improved surgical results after combining preoperative hyperthermia with chemotherapy and radiotherapy for patients with carcinoma of the rectum

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Ohno, Shinji ^a   Tomoda, Masaaki ^a   Tomisaki, Shinichi ^a   Kitamura, Kaoru ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Prognosis; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030999961     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02258383     Document Type: Article

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