Local recurrence and survival in patients with rectal cancer, diagnosed 1981-86: A community hospital-based study in the south-east Netherlands

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-23

  Mollen, R M H G ^a,e   Damhuis, R A M ^b   Coebergh, J W W ^b,c,d  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community hospitals; Local recurrence; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 0031038246     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(97)80137-0     Document Type: Article

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