Staged delivery of Nd:YAG laser therapy for palliation of advanced rectal carcinoma

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-160

  Farouk, R ^a   Ratnaval, C D ^a   Monson, J R T ^a   Lee, P W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nd:YAG laser; Rectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; RECTUM CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031024525     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054980     Document Type: Article

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